Obama is president. He does nothing more nor less than those before him. And we'll pay for his health care and pension and security when he retires, too. The portion paid by taxpayers is minimal for employees. The portion paid of health care for federal retired elected officials is overwhelming, as it goes on for life. Why shouldn't we pay a portion of their retirment? The cost of product has us paying for the retirement of the private sector worker and the welfare checks the companies get each month to subsidies them, as well as their tax cuts, pays for the CEOs and upper management retirement.