US President earns roughly 300k euro a year

mick.fr

400k USD exactly. Fair enough.
How much does the Irish president earn a year for the statutory position?

snubbleste

When i have a question like that, i turn to a search engine and it tells me the answer

Can you back up that the president of the USA receives exactly a salary of US$400,000?

Sam Vimes

snubbleste wrote: »

When i have a question like that, i turn to a search engine and it tells me the answer

Can you back up that the president of the USA receives exactly a salary of US$400,000?

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+much+does+the+US+president+earn

GLaDOS

Bolivia President Evo Morales $21,600
Great Britain Prime Minister Gordon Brown $375,222
France President Nicolas Sarkozy $346,000
Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel $318,000
Ireland Prime Minister Bertie Ahern $434,000
Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe $248,500
Russia President Vladimir Putin $81,000
Singapore Premier Lee Hsien Loong $2.05 million
United States President George W. Bush $400,000
United States Vice President Dick Cheney $208,575

From here: http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/104029/Top-Earning-World-Leaders

Slightly out of date I know but intersting

snubbleste

Cheers SamVimes, now can you answer the OP's question?

SV

I would hope at a quarter of that.. If she's lucky.
But it's probably something stupidly high.

My name is URL

I know Willie O'Dea earned more than Cheney. And that Conor Lenihan is worth more than the entire US Senate

Not even surprising, sadly

mick.fr

Guys I appreciate the comments about the Google search
But as far as I know this is a discussion forum and if I want to bring a legit discussion and have a chat with some peps about a specific subject...you see my point.

Anyway back on topic I believe the Irish president is paid more than 300k euro.
Which strikes me a bit knowing Ireland is such as little country to the US.
I recently read somewhere that the Irish president was getting the highest pay in the world for a legit president. I don't know...Anyone?

Cheers.

AntiRip

mick.fr wrote: »

400k USD exactly. Fair enough.
How much does the Irish president earn a year for the statutory position?

On the Derek Mooney show today it said he earned over $2 million last year from his books alone, so the $400,000 is probably pocket money for the wife and kids, and Bo

AckwelFoley

MC Obama earned 3,000,000 last year before taxes.

mick.fr

AntiRip wrote: »

On the Derek Mooney show today it said he earned over $2 million last year from his books alone, so the $400,000 is probably pocket money for the wife and kids, and Bo

Yes but this is going off-topic now

The 400k are for his statuary position as a president.
Vice president is getting 220k

narwog81

Upward Spiral wrote: »

I know Willie O'Dea earned more than Cheney. And that Conor Lenihan is worth more than the entire US Senate

Not even surprising, sadly

just to clarify:

worth more or paid more?

Sam Vimes

snubbleste wrote: »

Cheers SamVimes, now can you answer the OP's question?

No I cannot :P

Sam Vimes

narwog81 wrote: »

just to clarify:

worth more or paid more?

The statistic I heard was that he's paid more per person he represents than the entire US senate. He doesn't actually earn more than them

regob

the taoiseach earns more than the us president, i think the ops figures are wrong

Overheal

regob wrote: »

the taoiseach earns more than the us president, i think the ops figures are wrong

No you just hope theyre wrong.

stainluss

regob wrote: »

the taoiseach earns more than the us president, i think the ops figures are wrong

no, its a well known fact Irelands taoiseach earns more than the US president!
complete disgrace if you ask me:the USA is the most well known country on the planet, theyre fighting wars on two fronts, the biggest economy to manage in the world, and countless other things,

whereas the taoiseachs job involves taking sh1t from Enda K for a few days a week:p

Guy:Incognito

stainluss wrote: »

no, its a well known fact Irelands taoiseach earns more than the US president!
complete disgrace if you ask me:the USA is the most well known country on the planet, theyre fighting wars on two fronts, the biggest economy to manage in the world, and countless other things,

whereas the taoiseachs job involves taking sh1t from Enda K for a few days a week:p

Is that not a case for the Taoiseach getting a pay rise?

chillywilly

ive got a couple of questions if someone could answer it......

The government gave themselves a pay rise last year. What was there pay before they gave themselves a pay rise and what was it after?

Then......the public sector pay cut means that they also get a pay cut.....so what is their pay now? Does it just work out as retracting their payrise?

Jimmy Carter

disgrace!

thee glitz

President Mary McAleese has announced she will take a voluntary 10 per cent pay cut in her annual salary of €325,508.

...

Jimmy Carter

thee glitz wrote: »

...

The presidency should be abolished! f that

papajimsmooth

Jimmy Carter wrote: »

The presidency should be abolished! f that

But who will shake the players hands at the all ireland

Saibh

papajimsmooth wrote: »

But who will shake the players hands at the all ireland

The president of the GAA

gurramok

Here's an updated chart
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/eee43b4e-1779-11de-8c9d-0000779fd2ac.html

Brave Cowen took a forced 10% paycut recently.

He at €257k is still the highest paid EU leader by a mile.

Agamemnon

Upward Spiral wrote: »

I know Willie O'Dea earned more than Cheney.

Yeah, but Willie's a much better shot.

Overheal

and you people let them get away with it, which is the saddest part of all.

ShooterSF

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Bolivia President Evo Morales $21,600
Great Britain Prime Minister Gordon Brown $375,222
France President Nicolas Sarkozy $346,000
Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel $318,000
Ireland Prime Minister Bertie Ahern $434,000
Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe $248,500
Russia President Vladimir Putin $81,000
Singapore Premier Lee Hsien Loong $2.05 million
United States President George W. Bush $400,000
United States Vice President Dick Cheney $208,575

From here: http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/104029/Top-Earning-World-Leaders

Slightly out of date I know but intersting

Wow :eek: how does one go about becoming leader of Singapore. Fuk me.

Also on topic ya have to remember cost of living is higher in Ireland than the US

Guy:Incognito

€325k a year and they couldnt find anyone to run against her last time?

regob

its a joke how muchthe taoiseach is getting, he should take a pay cut

Terry

Overheal wrote: »

and you people let them get away with it, which is the saddest part of all.

Yeah.

And don't get me started on these things...

mukki

tell ya what, he can keep the fooken money if him and mary go on a diet, the state of them,

country is being run by a pair of walruses

deadhead13

Something called the Review Body on Higher Remuneration is currently looking to reduce ministers, top civil servants and I assume the Presidents salaries to those of similiar sized european countries.

But since this shower, just over a year ago, recommended a large pay increase for the above - I won't be holding my breath.

gurramok

deadhead13 wrote: »

Something called the Review Body on Higher Remuneration is currently looking to reduce ministers, top civil servants and I assume the Presidents salaries to those of similiar sized european countries.

But since this shower, just over a year ago, recommended a large pay increase for the above - I won't be holding my breath.

Can't wait for this. That will mean at least a 50% pay cut.

Here, i did the work for them http://www.vn.fi/tietoa-valtioneuvostosta/perustietoa/en.jsp

Finland with a similar population - Finnish Prime Minster earns about 130k.

QED.

stainluss

However much the Taoiseach earns, i think the President should earn much less and she should take a further pay cut.
She does nothing!
Has anyone even asked her about the recession? No. Because she is not the leader.
Cowen is. We should abolish the presidency and make whoever is taoiseach both!
It would save the country hundreds of thousands of euro:)

event

not that i think he should get more, but the reason the taoiseach gets more, AFAIR, is that he has to pay for most things himself

the us president lives in the white house, and has camp david as a retreat. in both there are kitchens and meals are prepared etc etc

the PM gets 10 downing street, the french PM gets Élysée Palace and so on

the irish taoiseach doesnt get any state house, so i think thats the reason, rightly or wrongly

ShooterSF

stainluss wrote: »

However much the Taoiseach earns, i think the President should earn much less and she should take a further pay cut.
She does nothing!
Has anyone even asked her about the recession? No. Because she is not the leader.
Cowen is. We should abolish the presidency and make whoever is taoiseach both!
It would save the country hundreds of thousands of euro:)

Who protects us from FF passing unconstitutional laws so?

event wrote: »

not that i think he should get more, but the reason the taoiseach gets more, AFAIR, is that he has to pay for most things himself

the us president lives in the white house, and has camp david as a retreat. in both there are kitchens and meals are prepared etc etc

the PM gets 10 downing street, the french PM gets Élysée Palace and so on

the irish taoiseach doesnt get any state house, so i think thats the reason, rightly or wrongly

Does the leader of singapore have to live in a tent?

gurramok

Obviously never heard of Farmleigh House, Phoenix Park.

ceegee

stainluss wrote: »

no, its a well known fact Irelands taoiseach earns more than the US president!

Wrong.

Cowen earns €257000, Obama earns $400000

Which means Cowen earns ~$65000 less a year than Obama (using xe.com's current exchange rate of 1 EUR = 1.30372 USD)

Valmont

Teacher strike this summer! Schools Closed! oh wait... thanks for that link terry hahaha.

petethebrick

This is exactly what I'm working on at the moment. I'm collecting data on the salary of each leader for every country since about 1960. It's nearly impossible to find data for a lot of them.
The point to bear in mind when looking at a prime minister/president salary is that in most countries the leader in question could earn far more working in the private sector. This is why Singapore pays its politicians so much - in order to attract the best people to the job and to combat corruption.

Black Swan

Obama gets peanuts in compensation. US executives get millions for failing! See example:

"When Michael Ovitz was hired as Disney's president in 1995, his contract included a $130 million severance package should he be fired without cause after a year. Well, he was — and the $130 million went with him."

Source: http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1848501_1848500_1848487,00.html

gurramok

ceegee wrote: »

Wrong.

Cowen earns €257000, Obama earns $400000

Which means Cowen earns ~$65000 less a year than Obama (using xe.com's current exchange rate of 1 EUR = 1.30372 USD)

He was right last year

Cowen used to earn 274k before the pay cut and the exchange rate at 1 EUR =1.5/1.6 made it possible to earn over $400k.

Now, all it needs for that exchange rate to go up to 1.57 on 254k and the poster will be right again:)

God help if Obama took a paycut, Cowen would be seriously p1ssed off:D

deadhead13

petethebrick wrote: »

This is why Singapore pays its politicians so much - in order to attract the best people to the job and to combat corruption.

Since we have some of the highest paid politicians in the OECD, it hasn't exactly worked out that way here.

ceegee

gurramok wrote: »

He was right last year

Cowen used to earn 274k before the pay cut and the exchange rate at 1 EUR =1.5/1.6 made it possible to earn over $400k.

Now, all it needs for that exchange rate to go up to 1.57 on 254k and the poster will be right again:)

God help if Obama took a paycut, Cowen would be seriously p1ssed off:D

Yeah well im right this year .

To be honest it doesnt really matter which of their salaries is worth more at any one point in time, their salaries relative to their nations average wage and cost of living is a better indicator of who is better compensated, remember Brian has to pay more for his ralph lauren tighty whiteys than Barack does

galwayrush

The US President earns it,
Our Gob****es get more without actually earning it.:rolleyes:

Capt'n Midnight

event wrote:

the irish taoiseach doesnt get any state house, so i think thats the reason, rightly or wrongly

Are you sure he can't live there ?

http://www.taoiseach.gov.ie/index.asp?locID=184&docID=-1
The job was completed within budget in December 1990 at a total cost of £17.4 million. The formal opening was performed by the then Taoiseach, Mr. Charles J. Haughey, on 24th January, 1991.

galwayrush

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Are you sure he can't live there ?

.

Leeds?:D

Capt'n Midnight

Blue_Lagoon wrote: »

Obama gets peanuts in compensation. US executives get millions for failing! See example:

"When Michael Ovitz was hired as Disney's president in 1995, his contract included a $130 million severance package should he be fired without cause after a year. Well, he was — and the $130 million went with him."

Source: http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1848501_1848500_1848487,00.html

One of Howard Hughes tricks was to not pay employees promised bonuses when they were let go. The employee would have to take him to court to get the bonus. But while the bonus was taxable the money won in court wasn't. The whole thing was a tax avoidance scheme.

oh yeah it was only $38m http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ovitz

Sixteen months after taking office, he was dismissed by Disney's board of directors and received $38 million in cash and $100 million in stock as a severance package.[1] Later court proceedings reflect that Ovitz' stock options were granted when he was hired to induce him to join The Walt Disney Company, not granted when he was fired,

Our politicians defo do not deserve the money they are on since they are trying to tackle the recession by just repeating the failed tactics of the past

dimejinky99

Cowen gets more than Obama, and more than any other european leader, which is ****in scary if ye consider the Italians are sposed to be way more corrupt than our shower of gobdaws..it's completely sickening.

Fluffybums

[QUOTE=petethebrick;59871971
The point to bear in mind when looking at a prime minister/president salary is that in most countries the leader in question could earn far more working in the private sector. This is why Singapore pays its politicians so much - in order to attract the best people to the job and to combat corruption.[/QUOTE]

I think the evidence supports the opposite - Ireland has some of the best paid politicians in Europe yet they can't even do their homework to ensure that they can carryout the policies they announce in their budgets and have to have two budgets because they can get their maths right. At least most of the other comparitively poorly paid politicians in Europe seem to have spotted the seriousness of the current financial situation whilst the Irish leaders were still telling us that we were being talked into a recession. (Gordon Brown warned the British public that things were going to get bad around Oct 2007)