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<blockquote data-quote="DriveInDriѵeOut" data-source="post: 3030205" data-attributes="member: 44954"><a href="http://gizmodo.com/trump-is-bleeding-the-secret-service-dry-1798150699" target="_blank">Trump Is Bleeding The Secret Service Dry</a>Over 1,000 agents for the United States Secret Service have already hit the salary and overtime caps allocated for the entire year, USA Today <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/08/21/secret-service-cant-pay-agents-because-trumps-frequent-travel-large-family/529075001/" target="_blank">reports</a>.According to the paper, this is largely due to Donald Trump’s decision to split time between multiple residences and vacation frequently, with each of those trips costing <a href="http://fortune.com/2017/05/08/donald-trump-travel-security-costs/" target="_blank">a small fortune</a>. The Trump administration has also placed 42 people under Secret Service protection—18 of whom are family members. From USA Today:The compensation crunch is so serious that [Secret Service Director Randolph “Tex” Alles] has begun discussions with key lawmakers to raise the combined salary and overtime cap for agents, from $160,000 per year to $187,000 for at least the duration of Trump’s first term.But even if such a proposal was approved, about 130 veteran agents would not be fully compensated for hundreds of hours already amassed, according to the agency.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DriveInDriѵeOut, post: 3030205, member: 44954"] [URL='http://gizmodo.com/trump-is-bleeding-the-secret-service-dry-1798150699'][B][U]Trump Is Bleeding The Secret Service Dry[/U][/B][/URL] Over 1,000 agents for the United States Secret Service have already hit the salary and overtime caps allocated for the entire year, [I]USA Today[/I] [URL='https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/08/21/secret-service-cant-pay-agents-because-trumps-frequent-travel-large-family/529075001/']reports[/URL]. According to the paper, this is largely due to Donald Trump’s decision to split time between multiple residences and vacation frequently, with each of those trips costing [URL='http://fortune.com/2017/05/08/donald-trump-travel-security-costs/']a small fortune[/URL]. The Trump administration has also placed 42 people under Secret Service protection—18 of whom are family members. From [I]USA Today[/I]: The compensation crunch is so serious that [Secret Service Director Randolph “Tex” Alles] has begun discussions with key lawmakers to raise the combined salary and overtime cap for agents, from $160,000 per year to $187,000 for at least the duration of Trump’s first term. But even if such a proposal was approved, about 130 veteran agents would not be fully compensated for hundreds of hours already amassed, according to the agency. [/QUOTE]

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