Re: Tea Party!

And your point is---what? That the President and the White House staff
are overpaid? Is the Tea Party nothing more than a bunch of folks who
are mad that somebody else makes more than they do? I hope not. The
Tea Party is spearheading a wonderful change in the political
atmosphere. For the first time in my [long] life it is possible to
honestly speak for reduction of the role of the Federal Government and
to honestly hope that it might happen. If it's actually going to
happen, we're going to need to attract intelligent, competent people
to do the job right--people who can make a hell of a lot more than a
measly hundred thousand in the private sector. Grousing about salaries
that are far below comparable pay elsewhere is a less-than-intelligent
way of furthering the cause. It's penny wise and pound foolish. The
real scandal is that the President makes ONLY $400,000.

On Jul 2, 8:11 pm, Bruce Majors <majors.br...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 141 White House staffers make six figures
>
>    - 551<http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A//money.cnn.com/2011/07/0...>
>    -
>    - 8<http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&source=CNNMoney&url=ht...>
>
>    - Print<http://money.cnn.com/2011/07/01/news/economy/white_house_salaries/>
>    - Comment<http://money.cnn.com/2011/07/01/news/economy/white_house_salaries/>
>
> By Charles Riley @CNNMoney <http://twitter.com/CNNmoney> July 1, 2011: 6:22
> PM ET
> [image: white-house-money.gi.top.jpg]
>
> NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- One out of every three White House employees makes at
> least $100,000 a year, according to data released by the White House on
> Friday.
>
> Top earners pull down a salary of $172,200 a year, while three employees
> have a salary of $0. Most staffers fall somewhere in the middle.
>
> The average salary is $81,765 a year, while the median employee salary is
> $70,000. The lowest full time salary is $41,000 a year.
>
> The list<http://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/disclosures/annual-records/2011>
> is
> a little top heavy, with 21 sharing the title of top earner. But the names
> at the top are among the most recognizable the White House has to offer.
>
> White House Press Secretary Jay Carney makes $172,200, as does
> counterterrorism adviser John Brennan, speechwriter Jon Favreau, adviser
> David Plouffe and Chief of Staff Bill Daley.
>
> While that's well above the national average, White House staffers often
> command far more lucrative salaries in the private sector -- and some gave
> them up to work for Obama.
> Congressional loot: What's Nancy Pelosi
> worth?<http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2011/news/1106/gallery.congress_member...>
>
> Plouffe, for example, walked
> away<http://whitehouse.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/22/millionaires-in-the-white-...>
> from
> a $1.5 million salary as a consultant at Plouffe Strategies when he joined
> the administration.
>
> Records also show that Daley, former Midwest chairman and head of corporate
> responsibility at JPMorgan
> (JPM<http://money.cnn.com/quote/quote.html?symb=JPM&source=story_quote_link>
> , Fortune 500<http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2011/snapshots/2608...>),
> raked in $8.7 million from the bank in 2010, including a $675,000 salary and
> $4.8 million bonus.
>
> Obama himself earns $400,000, double the $200,000 President Clinton earned
> annually during his eight years in office. The president's pay hike went
> into effect during the presidency of George W. Bush.
>
> In total, the 454 White House staffers earn a payroll of $37,121,463. [image:
> To top of page]<http://money.cnn.com/2011/07/01/news/economy/white_house_salaries/#TO...>
>
> http://money.cnn.com/2011/07/01/news/economy/white_house_salaries/

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