Screw up the country, get a big pay raise

[Neecy]

Pretty groovy gig, eh?

During the Clinton administration, the top pay for a White House staffer was around $125,000 per year. When the Bush administration came to town in 2001, the top pay grade was moved to $140,000 per year.

Now, in six short years that have seen the earnings of Americans in steady decline, the top pay for a White House staffer has skyrocketed to $168,000 - almost a thirty thousand buck raise. Sweet! How many of the lowly proles here have seen such a nice increase in pay during the Bush years? Not me!

Dig deep, taxpayers - your government is workin' hard to screw you over and mama needs new shoes...

And these are the people who oppose raising the minimum wage.

References:

2001: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/onpolitics/transcripts/whitehousesalaries_high_low.htm

interesting sidenote to the 2001 list - at the bottom appears the name Gary J. Andres, listed at 0 salary and titled as "Special Government Employee". Guess what he does? Yep, he's a lobbyist.

2007: http://nationaljournal.com/about/njweekly/stories/2007/whsalaries.htm

[cyberpj]

1. And in many cases - a medal of honor. nt.