{"id":341239,"date":"2010-02-19T18:36:49","date_gmt":"2010-02-19T23:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.szone.us\/f96\/save-tea-dump-leaders-39705\/"},"modified":"2010-02-19T18:36:49","modified_gmt":"2010-02-19T23:36:49","slug":"save-the-tea-dump-the-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/341239","title":{"rendered":"Save The Tea, Dump The Leaders!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>02.19.10 08:07 AM posted by Lisa Richards<\/p>\n<p>Save The Tea, Dump The Leaders!<\/p>\n<p> By Lisa Richards<br \/>\nFebruary 16, 2009<\/p>\n<p> \u0093All I dare hope, is, that, if in executing this task I have been too much swayed by a grateful remembrance of former instances, or by an affectionate sensibility to this transcendence proof, of the confidence of my fellow citizens; and have thence too little consulted my capacity as well as disinclination for the weighty and untried cares before me; my error will be palliated by the motives which misled me, a d its consequences be judged by my Country\u0085\u0094<br \/>\nGeorge Washington,<br \/>\nFirst Inaugural Address, April 30, 1789<\/p>\n<p> George Washington understood the great job granted him by the American people, he knew he must uphold his duty honorably, he was obligated to \u0093\u0085renounce every pecuniary compensation [financial rewards] \u0085and must accordingly pray that the pecuniary estimates for the station [of President of the United States]\u0085be limited to such actual expenditures as the public good may be thought to require.\u0094   Washington became president to serve the people, work for the people, to be held accountable to and for everything he did.  His pay, he believed, was to go toward his public service, not personal whims.  <\/p>\n<p> That philosophy is now considered whimsical. <\/p>\n<p> Washington wanted to serve, not dictate or control.  He had no desire for a life term befitting monarchs like today\u0092s leaders.  Washington saw his role as one bestowed upon him with honor he must uphold or leave office in disgrace. <\/p>\n<p> That attitude today is considered old-fashioned.<\/p>\n<p> On May 8, 1798, Washington told the House of Representatives that he viewed his \u0093\u0085past endeavors in Service of Country\u0094 as being \u0093far overpaid by its [America\u0092s] goodness\u0085\u0094   He further declared he did not feel the presidency deserved such high pay since he could not guarantee perfection in his leadership.  He told the House he would \u0093rely\u0094 on their \u0093wisdom\u0094 in deciding what he deserved financially. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.conservativeoutpost.com\/save_tea_dump_leaders\" ><b> read more &amp;raquo;<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.conservativeoutpost.com\/save_tea_dump_leaders\" >http:\/\/www.conservativeoutpost.com\/s&#8230;a_dump_leaders<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>02.19.10 08:07 AM posted by Lisa Richards Save The Tea, Dump The Leaders! By Lisa Richards February 16, 2009 \u0093All I dare hope, is, that, if in executing this task I have been too much swayed by a grateful remembrance of former instances, or by an affectionate sensibility to this transcendence proof, of the confidence [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-341239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=341239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341239\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}