Bill Clinton 1)out of office but not without an office. Soon the former President will rent the entire 56th floor, 2)8,300 square feet in Manhattan¡¯s 3)luxurious Carnegie Hall towers. For web ad (says spectacular) views and 4)quote, white glove service. Sources say more than 700,000 dollars a year charged to the taxpayer. More expensive than all of the other former Presidents¡¯ offices com-bined. No one questions that Clinton needs an office; all former Presidents get them for life. But critics ask how much of the government spend? Former President Bush¡¯s Huston office rent: 147,000 dollars a year. Ronald Ragan¡¯s Los Angeles office: 285,000. Jimmy Cater¡¯s Atlanta office: 93,000. And Jerry Ford¡¯s office near Palm Springs: 99,000 dollars. Key members of congress say Clinton¡¯s is 5)way 6)out of line.
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