The Washington Free Beacon's Lachlan Markay discussed the concerns of the Clintons still receiving taxpayer money with Hillary Clinton running a "de facto" presidential campaign Tuesday on Cavuto.
An April Congressional Research Service (CRS) report showed that the Government Services Administration (GSA) budgeted $950,000 for former President Bill Clinton in the 2014 budget, the Free Beacon reported:
Clinton will collect a $201,000 pension in 2014, a figure four times larger than the median family income in the United States. The Clintons have received a total of $15,938,000 in federal money since 2001.
Hillary Clinton recently described the poverty her family experienced upon exiting the White House while promoting her book. They were "dead broke," Hillary said, adding that she and her husband "struggled to, you know, piece together the resources for mortgages for houses, for Chelsea’s education, you know, it was not easy."
Clinton’s pension is just a small portion of the costs the former president will incur over the next year. GSA budgeted $450,000 to pay for Clinton’s office space, the highest total of the four living presidents.
Markay pointed out that, given their service to the country, having a pension for former presidents was nothing controversial. However, there could be controversy with that money given that Hillary Clinton is the front-runner for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination and has acted much like a candidate since 2013.
"Is taxpayer money supporting activities that could objectively be deemed political activity?" Markay asked. "It's something that should be looked into."
Hillary Clinton also raised eyebrows this month with what Markay called "mind-boggling" comments about her family's fabulous wealth while promoting her new book "Hard Choices." She said she and Bill were "dead broke" when they left the White House and later stated they were unlike the "truly well off," in spite of a net worth in the nine figures.
"Controversy rises when Hillary Clinton starts making these comments about how much she and Bill have struggled since leaving the White House," Markay said.