Guess who spends $273,000 per year on household help

Interesting dollar figure. Wonder how much of that money they spend here in AZ and how much elsewhere? Even if you take away a third for taxes, that would still cover the salaries for between 4 and 5 teachers in AZ. (Per Indeed - average teacher salary in AZ is $40,000. Average teacher salaries for job postings in Arizona are 14% lower than average teacher salaries for job postings nationwide.)

I know that isn't a fair comparison, as I don't really expect him to live as the rest of us do. I would hope though that he and his family would be willing to spend some time on the budget most of the rest of us do. I think it would make him much more aware of the trials and tribulations of the average American (let alone those of us living in his home state and suffering with the economy here.)

Ah but we have to remember, John McCain is just one of those "lucky ones" (he tells us that himself). Just today I read an article that discussed how "out of touch" Joe Biden was because he makes $310,000 a year in income. Ah... if McCain is spending almost that much  JUST for hired help, who is really the "out of touch" one here?

I don't think a college degree should determine whether or not they would make a great president.  I'm extremely intelligent and I don't have one.  I also know a lot of highly successful people that don't.  We need someone who's going to listen to those around that don't have the voice to vote as the politicians do.  I believe our government as a whole is completely out of touch.  I'd also like to see lobbyist axed and no longer granted some of the privledges they seem to have over our government. 

I think intellectual curiosity should be a prerequisite for any president.  Being the leader of the free world requires more than being a good beer drinking partner. 

Remember that Bush's main strength was his ability to come off as a regular guy; living on a ranch, clearing brush, being plain spoken (the fact the he was raised on the east coast and went to Yale is a different conversation).

I don't mean to offend about the college degree, but I think that having an advanced education would be invaluable to understanding the complexity and nuance of the modern world.

I'll have to disagree with CrysOHara on this one. I think an advanced education in this case is VITAL! Yes, there are many who have learned from the school of hard knocks, but that type of knowledge is not what is significant to run a country of trillions, and lead a global nation, IMHO.

Abraham Lincoln did very well on little education, but the fact of the matter is, an 8th grade education in the 1800s was FAR different than it is today!

This is a new day, a new century, and in today's world, one has to be able to compete globally. I just don't believe that someone without higher education could do that. But?

Just another opinion. I don't have any prejudices against those without higher education, but do we really want a "Joe Six-Pack" running our country? Or do we want someone who is knowledgeable in world, and domestic affairs? To do that well, I believe it requires more than a High School diploma.

Does anyone realize that our forefathers wanted those that served in the government to be just like us?  They were not thinking of career politians as we have now.   The money senators and congressmen make was suppose to suppliment their income not be their income.   John McCain is seriously out of touch with all of us as are most politicians.

I agree that McCain is out of touch, but I am not sure how literally we should take the "just like us" for choosing a leader.  If we take that as an aggregate of the American population, we'd probably not have a president with a college degree.  We need a leader that has the best qualities of America and the American people.