A Model to Follow

If you are looking for a model president I don't think you could go wrong if you picked Harry Truman.

During the Truman presidency he made more important decisions probably as any of the presidents before him. But to judge his character it is how he acted after the president. Once he had left the White House and return to Independence Missouri and moved into the house that he had lived in all his adult life.

When he retired in 1952 he had an army pension of approximately $14,000 a year. The Congress did lot him a retroactive pension of $25,000 a year. Unlike many of the president after him for many years he paid for his own postage. When they left the White House they simply drove home to Missouri there was no Secret Service protection. He was offered many corporate positions but declined them because he said they were trying to buy the office of the president and it wasn't for sale. In 1971 he decline the medal of honor from Congress saying that he did nothing to deserve it. As president he paid for all his own try expense and food.

Unlike present-day politicians who seem to become millionaires while in office he never did cash in on being president of the United States. Today's politicians seem to find many ways to become wealthy from inside trading on the stock market to earmark deals in Congress. It's too bad we don't have politicians anymore with the character of Harry Truman we would be much better off if we did. We are stuck with the likes of Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and Barack Obama how sad.