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[Spam] The Obama Gravy Train Just Hit a Disgusting New Low

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It wasn’t even a week ago when we reported that Valerie Jarrett was
raking in a staggering $740,000 from the Obama Foundation. New tax
filings reveal that she’s hardly alone, as other Obama insiders also
pull down bloated, above-market salaries, thanks in part to the fact
that the foundation pays just $10 a year for 19 acres of prime Chicago
parkland. 

As we previously reported, salaries and benefits paid by the
organization have climbed from $18.5 million in 2018 to $43.7 million in
2024. 

"Illinois Democrats are truly living their best lives — making hundreds
of thousands of dollars a year to help design the ugliest building in
Chicago," Illinois GOP Chairman Kathy Salvi said. 

Even though the Obama Foundation is funneling cash to his inner circle
and extending his legacy of corruption thanks to a little help from
subsidized public land, paying regular folk is apparently a bridge too
far. 

The Obama Presidential Center is opening in Chicago this June — not that
you care — and for its launch, the foundation behind it wants 75 to 100
unpaid “ambassadors” to greet visitors, guide tourists across the
19.3-acre Jackson Park campus, and explain exhibits in that horrifically
ugly tower and other buildings. 

The lack of shame is incredible. In fact, the foundation is framing the
ask as something noble. "Volunteerism has been a cornerstone of
President Obama's vision for civic engagement since his early days as a
community organizer on Chicago's South Side," the foundation said in a
statement. Jarrett added that the center will serve as "a place where
the world meets the best of Chicago and our ambassadors will help bring
that vision to life every day." 

Nice sentiment. Just don't ask for a fair wage while you're living the
vision. 

According to a report from Fox News Digital, “It's common for
presidential libraries, museums and nonprofit cultural institutions to
employ unpaid volunteers.” The Obama Center's roughly 300 full-time and
part-time paid staff will do the heavy operational lifting, and the
volunteers supplement that workforce. And yes, nobody is forcing anyone
to sign up. But when you take everything into account, like the corrupt
land deal that saves the foundation millions and the exorbitant salaries
Obama insiders get working for the foundation, and the millions it
brings in in donations, it’s disgusting that they aren’t paying these
people. 

Six of the foundation’s 10 highest-paid executives previously held
senior roles in the Obama administration or campaign. David Simas,
Obama’s former White House political director, earned up to $626,000
annually heading the foundation from 2017 through 2020. Adewale Adeyemo,
another senior Obama official who later became deputy Treasury secretary
under Joe Biden, earned about $540,000 as the foundation’s first
president. Anne Filipic, a former White House public engagement
official, earned roughly $400,000 annually. Christina Tchen, former
chief of staff to Michelle Obama, also pulled in roughly $400,000 a
year. Michael Strautmanis, another Obama campaign and White House aide,
earned more than $300,000 annually. 

Is there really nothing to spare that they have to use volunteers? The
foundation constantly promotes itself as a gift to the community, will
exploit every possible tax advantage and corrupt deal to so they can pay
excessive salaries to Obama cronies, and yet can’t even offer minimum
wage to its army of “ambassadors?” The sad thing is, I’m sure they’ll
get plenty of these volunteers, and they won’t care they’re being taken
advantage of. 

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