Fair Share? VP Biden Collects Rent of $2,200/Month From Gov’t for Secret Service Lodging
- Posted on August 1, 2011 at 10:24am by
Christopher Santarelli
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Looking for a nice waterfront cottage for the summer? Don’t ask Vice President Joe Biden, his place is full.
Since April, Biden has collected more than $13,000 in rent for a cottage adjacent to his waterfront home near Wilmington, Delaware, which he has charged to the federal government for housing secret service agents protecting him and his family. The Washington Times reports:
“Edwin M. Donovan, special agent in charge at the Secret Service’s Office of Government and Public Affairs in Washington, said the agency pays $2,200 in rent per-month, the same amount a previous tenant had paid before moving out.
He said the close location provides a level of security for the Biden family the agency might not have had otherwise. Asked if the Secret Service typically pays rent to the people it protects, he said, ‘It’s a rental property so we pay rent there.’
Taxpayer watchdogs say the Secret Service should do everything it can to protect Mr. Biden, but they wonder whether he should be collecting rent from the agency while it’s doing its job.”
Biden and his wife Jill reported earning $379,178 last year, which is miniscule in comparison to the incomes of many of the Vice President’s fellow lawmakers in Washington. Still, many find it odd that the man who has been leading deficit reduction negotiations between Republicans and the White House over the last few weeks is collecting such a pretty penny from the U.S. Secret Service.
“’He should be afforded every single protection available to him and his family, as should every vice president and president,’ said Leslie Paige, spokeswoman for the Washington-based Citizens Against Government Waste.
‘But this arrangement seems bizarre to me,’ she added. ‘You’d think the vice president, who shepherded the deficit committee, would think twice about charging the Secret Service rent. Why would he need the money? I don’t get it.’”
Maybe the secret service can take up Amtrak Joe’s old D.C. to Wilmington commute.
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Comments (74)
packsack54
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:58pmThat is peanuts compared to Obama trips to around the World with his party friends.
Report Post »LIBERALSBEDAMNED
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:58pmhttp://www.thetrumpet.com/
Report Post »http://www.thetrumpetdaily.com/
chazman
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 8:06pmYeah, Joe. Way to show yer patriotism! So this is how you help our country? Good idea …
Report Post »you putz. Gawd, this shows up like a pile of dog crap on the bottom of yer shoe as you show
up for one of yer stupid press conferences. You really suck, Joe … JACKAZZ!
Sicialian Eyeball
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:56pmDirtbag
Report Post »ghostsouls
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:56pmYou would think that an American Patriot, would fore go the rent in service to his country…but then again I did say Patriot….
Report Post »JLGunner
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 2:24pmwell, if the debt ceiling isn’t raised, will they get paid, in time to pay him rent? Biden is a joke. He has more gaffs then Sara Palin but the media lportrays her as the idiot.
Report Post »STUBBYK
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 6:55pmIs it tax free or repoted on his income tax statement as income property? Probably got a waiver from Geitner.
Report Post »moreteaplease
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:55pmLet’s be fair now. It’s such a privilege to be protecting our sleepy time VP that you should have to pay for that privilege.
Report Post »Bonnieblue2A
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:51pmThis has to be an ethics violation. Joe Biden is personally profiting from Taxpayer funded services. Talk about nerve! I am so pissed off at the blatant corruption from our officials.
Report Post »Ron_WA
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:50pmHe should get the rent if that’s what the previous tenant paid – it’s private property … but, I’d like to see him donate it towards paying down the national debt.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:52pmIndeed as it is a private property for rent then as a landlord he can rent it for fair market values he can obtain. I wish he would give his rental fees AND his salary to pay off the debt.
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My Two Cents
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 2:16pmLiberals only believe in paying their fair share with other peoples money. Since we are paying the rent it would stand to reason that he would not be violating the liberal code if he donated the rent money to a worthy cause.
Report Post »Warphead
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:50pmCharging for your security personel to stay on your property so they can ahhh, protect you? Hmm, somehow I think this might not be such a good idea. Security guys/ gals might feel somehow slighted by this, might make them hesitate ever so slightly to lay their life on the line for what, a tight-wad hypocrite landlord? If it were me these brave patriots would get star treatment 24/7. Just saying, when one of their birthdays rolls around they wouldn’t just get a card from my secretary, hell, I’d spring for the party.
Report Post »Nevermind
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:48pmIf he was using the home for rental income and the SS took it over then yes they have to pay him for lost income he could be making. Its not like he was getting money form the state to live in his own home like Palin,lol
Report Post »LiberalMarine
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:55pmNice… someone who looked at this with common sense.
Report Post »dabbo
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 2:27pmWho was he renting it to previously…..his mother?
he’s a POS…..period.
Report Post »Mrtoohappy
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:47pmI might be wrong but I believe the Clintons have the same deal but at a much higher rent. And I think we even payed for the small cottage to be build on their land.
Report Post »BIGJAYINPA
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:52pmI do belive Joe makes over $250,000 per year. Why do we have to give him more?? This is so typical of the bloated, over indulged and useless Drones of the Left. These are the “people” who tell us how we should give more and more of our money to help those less fortunate, while “they” refuse to give any of their own. I make nowhere near $250,000 per year and I will bet my charitable giving is far more then the paltry amount given by these drones. We must eliminate these drones from our midst ASAP…Just sayin’
Report Post »Mrtoohappy
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:55pmPlus if anyone has ever rented out a place it’s a big tax write off!
Report Post »olddog
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 2:51pmCorrect Clintons did the sameit’s the liberal way, I‘m sure Bush didn’t charge SS to stay on his property. This is strictly liberal thing..
Report Post »AR485
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:45pmDon’t they mean it costs American taxpayers $2,200 a month? Why doesn’t he just hire the Black Panthers to stand outside of his home instead? I think it would be nice if the Secret Service could cease the conduction of the detail.
Report Post »mrknite
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:45pmGetting rich on the backs of Americans and using the Office to do it. Maybe if we bent over more and were to spread cheeks better the ramming wouldn’t hurt so much.
Report Post »VISITORNUMBER3
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:43pmBill Clinton does the same thing with a bungalow located behind his home….
Report Post »4X4in
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:42pmOh by the way uncle joe, be sure to pay your taxes on that gain!
Report Post »My guess would be not tho since you sit next to GUETTNER !
busterpuddles
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:40pmAs much as I… dislike Uncle Biden, if he owns the property he should be able to rent it to anybody. the govt would be renting property to be close to the VP anyway. I don’t see THAT much of a problem.
Report Post »MidWestMom
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:40pmSo if the goverment didn’t pony up the rent would he evict the secret service?
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:53pmLet him. I’m sure none of those guys would want to catch a bullet for him or the Clown-In-Chief.
Report Post »NSDQ
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:40pmSo of course the Secret Service is charging him for the security detail even being there right? WTH is he charging them for anyway? Thats ridiculous.
Report Post »South Philly Boy
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:40pmNeed to put him and his son in JAIL
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:36pmThat dolt is insurance that nothing untoward happens to the Chosen One, that’s it. It’s not as though he actually DOES anything else……
Report Post »1TrueOne55
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:35pmWhy do you think we have a Debt Crisis. Gov’t paying itself for things it already does. We have massive duplication of efforts and procurement in Gov’t spending and this is just the latest example of the attitude of those we trust to make the decisions on behalf of “We the People”.
Report Post »drphil69
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:34pmWhy would Biden need protection? Who would want to harm that dope?? Unless of course it was part of a double offing… (can u imagine President Bite-ME??)
Report Post »ishka4me
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:40pmethics. he has none. this is pure dishonesty, cheating, swindling, stealing,etc….etc…. what else do they do we don’t know about.
Report Post »4X4in
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:43pmHow true is that!
Report Post »Warphead
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:34pmInstead of being the VP, this jackass should be in jail. What hypocrite.
Report Post »Nemo13
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:34pmTheir only purpose is for security to him, if they want to pay rent, it should come out of their paychecks as employees, I don’t want my tax $$ going to protect this domestic enemy.
Report Post »miller007
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:34pmDoesn‘t compare to the buckets of money the Clinton’s get for Bill’s love pad in New York State…you know the residential home of the junior Senator.
Report Post »4X4in
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:30pmHave not heard from sleepy joe in a while, its been nice!
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