Saving the US 5 million dollars.

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No matter who you favor in the 2008 Presidential election (US); selecting the one candidate over another is a decision that will either cost the the US taxpayers $5 million or save us $5 million. I received an email from a friend which said "A president's pension currently is $191,300 per year, until he is 80 years old. Assuming the next president lives to age 80. Sen. McCain would receive ZERO pension as he would reach 80 at the end of two terms as president. Sen. Obama would be retired for 26 years after two terms and would receive $4,973,800 in pension. Therefore it would certainly make economic sense to elect McCain in November." So, I decided to check and see if it was true. Here is a link that gives current information about Presidential salaries and pensions - http://www.ipl.org/div/farq/pensionFARQ.html IF there are absolutely NO increases in the Presidential pension (we all know how likely that is); then, these figures are correct. Assuming even modest inreases in the pension it will easily exceed the $5 million mark for Obama IF he is elected and if he is only in office for 4 years it would be almost $6 million in pension payments. So, just remember the choice is yours - spend $5 mil or save $5 mil. This is just plain economics.