hypocritexposer
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Oldtimer said:hypocritexposer said:Many have accepted the call to serve in Government and to assist me in restoring a sound economy and in improving the lives of average Americans. In this challenging economic period, it is only appropriate that senior officials on the White House staff forgo pay increases until further notice.
Accordingly, as a signal of our shared commitment to restoring the country's economic vitality and because of the serious economic conditions we are facing, I intend to freeze the salaries of senior members of the White House staff, to the extent permitted by law. I direct you to report back to me within 30 days with recommendations for actions to implement this freeze.
BARACK OBAMA
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Pay_Freeze/
253—or 74%—got raises in 2010.
Now, there are some important caveats: First of all, these are mostly staffers making less than $100,000, so the amounts aren't obscenely large. The biggest raise in absolute terms went to Jennifer Psaki, who went from making $113,000 a year as a special assistant to the president and deputy press secretary to $150,000 as a deputy assistant to the president and deputy communications director, a 33% bump. The biggest in percentage terms went to speechwriters Cody Keenan, Jonathan Lovett, and Jeffrey Stephens, all of whom got 66% percent raises, from $45,000 to $75,000. Secondly, the 9% average is calculated from the 253 people who got raises, because that's what we think "average raise" means. If, as the White House insisted to us is more accurate, you include all the staffers who didn't get raises, the average drops to 6%—or more than twice what the average white-collar worker saw. And thirdly, these salary increases include, as in Frankel's case, promotions.
http://gawker.com/5687778/white-house-staffers-got-a-bigger-raise-than-you-did-last-year
Hypocrit-- to be Fair and Balanced- would you tell us what each of those folks job is- and their education- and experience...
The last I saw was that the Washington D.C. area was the 8th highest cost of living city/area in the country...
Makes you wonder how much that really is---when you have local school administration, truck drivers, construction workers and railroad workers- to name a few- making $100,000 to $200,000 a year.. :???:
And I agree- that some on here chose to run off folks like Reader2 that lives and works in that area- and can tell you the rest of the story/real story !!!
go to the link, if you can't read the positions they hold. I provided a "fair and balanced" list for you.
Why did obama lie about the raises?