I also understand that they continue to receive rather a large salary too. MONKEYFOXXE
2006-12-31 05:36:43 · 14 answers · asked by MONKEYFOXXE 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
I guess it's the same type of mentality that causes people to refer to ex military officers above the rank of capitan as colonel or general, or as commander or admiral, or a an ex ship's capitan, Capitan, or to call an ex ambassador, Mr. or Mrs. Ambassador, or an ex senator, Senator. Personally, I like Mr. and Mrs. more than anything else, especially for Presidents and politicos of all levels. They get too removed from the rest of the people with the preferential treatment that they vote for themselves and which we let them have by not voting against them. It definitely is a way of separating people from by class. If you have to refer to someone by using some form of title, that sets the other apart from the common people. The presidency was not supposed to do that in its design. George Washington resisted every effort to make it more than an office for serving the nation. But, as with all good ideas, when the dreamers go, the dream goes too.
2006-12-31 06:08:30 · answer #1 · answered by quietwalker 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's simply a title of respect. And yes there is a pension plan for Presidents, becoming the most powerful man in the world has it's perks.
2006-12-31 05:45:36 · answer #2 · answered by soul_plus_heart_equals_man 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I live in the U.S. and I can't really be sure, but my thinking is that it is a sign of respect to call them President even after they're out of office.
2006-12-31 05:39:23 · answer #3 · answered by Diane 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Once a chief always a chief even if you don't rule the hen house anymore. Its an old tradition, and yes they get a pension and secret service protection too.
2006-12-31 05:58:10 · answer #4 · answered by ikeman32 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's simply respect. They do receive a pension, yes.
2006-12-31 07:37:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They don't have any royalty so they have to create an aristocracy with titles such as President - strange considering the country was founded on removing the class structure.
2006-12-31 05:46:21 · answer #6 · answered by megalomaniac 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
It's a term of respect.
And yes, they get a nice presidential pension.
2006-12-31 05:39:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure it is out of respect.
2006-12-31 06:03:06 · answer #8 · answered by Pearl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they are all so dump its easier to remember than there names when they all get together for an old boy's reunion
2006-12-31 08:03:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
To get higher pay always
2006-12-31 05:50:37 · answer #10 · answered by The King 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋