I find it curious at best and disingenuous at

worst that Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, wants to re-examine the amount former presidents are charging for speaking events.

It’s suspicious that the congressman is targeting Barack Obama for agreeing to speak at a health care conference in September for $400,000.

Would have Chaffetz done that to former president Ronald Reagan? Lest anyone forgets, Reagan was paid $2 million for speeches in Japan less than a year after he left office in 1989. Not to be outdone, George W. Bush has been paid more than $15 million in speaking fees since leaving office.

I don’t have a problem with Chaffetz’s call to review the fees former presidents receive. I do have an issue with his focusing on Obama.

Wouldn’t it be fairer to apply any changes to future presidents, not past ones? Denny Freidenrich Laguna Beach, Calif.