(February 23, 2019 at 9:28 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Actually, Washington did take a salary as President. What he declined was a salary as commanding general during the Revolution. Smart as a whip, too - it's a helluva lot easier to pad an expense account as a soldier than as a statesman.
Boru
Plus the Colonials were desperate to keep GW in command, so they just ignored his bullshit expenses.