White House employee salaries
- Thread starter fossten
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In fairness, many of those people could make more money in the private sector.
I see a lot of $42,000 salaries on that list. That doesn't go very far in the Washington, DC market.
In fact, that area sucks.
It's an area where they really expect YOU to pay for the privileged of working there. A common question during the job search in DC, "How do you live on that here?" The answer, "well, you live with a lot of room mates..."
So you have a huge community of over-educated, rich kids who can "afford" (read idealistic or supported by their parents) there, managed by wealthy people who have learned to manipulate the system to earn a fortune.
So while those White House employees make reasonable salaries now, they'll parlay and network that into high paying positions with law firms and lobbyists next year..
I see a lot of $42,000 salaries on that list. That doesn't go very far in the Washington, DC market.
In fact, that area sucks.
It's an area where they really expect YOU to pay for the privileged of working there. A common question during the job search in DC, "How do you live on that here?" The answer, "well, you live with a lot of room mates..."
So you have a huge community of over-educated, rich kids who can "afford" (read idealistic or supported by their parents) there, managed by wealthy people who have learned to manipulate the system to earn a fortune.
So while those White House employees make reasonable salaries now, they'll parlay and network that into high paying positions with law firms and lobbyists next year..
fossten
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I'm sure perks and expense accounts aren't included in the salary.
It's about power anyway. Why does Michael Bloomberg want to be mayor when he could be expanding his billions into more billions? Power.
It's about power anyway. Why does Michael Bloomberg want to be mayor when he could be expanding his billions into more billions? Power.
Foss - do you have any idea of what Rahm is worth in the private sector - you could probably add a '0' to that figure.
And yes it is about power - so, you give up monetary gain for 'power' (political) gain.
And yes it is about power - so, you give up monetary gain for 'power' (political) gain.