Comments on: On payday, it’s good to be Rove http://www.theimbroglio.com/07/11/2006/on-payday-its-good-to-be-rove/ The ratio of people to cake is too big. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:02:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: ti http://www.theimbroglio.com/07/11/2006/on-payday-its-good-to-be-rove/comment-page-1/#comment-226 ti Wed, 12 Jul 2006 20:23:18 +0000 http://www.theimbroglio.com/2006/07/11/on-payday-its-good-to-be-rove/#comment-226 Don't miss <a href="http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/07/12/salaries/index.html?source=war_room.rss" rel="nofollow">the followup</a>: <blockquote>"I would also ask the president why we're paying for two 'Ethics Advisors' and a 'Director of Fact Checking.' They must be the only people in Washington who get more vacation time than the president. Maybe the White House could consolidate these positions into a Director of Irony."</blockquote> Don’t miss the followup:

“I would also ask the president why we’re paying for two ‘Ethics Advisors’ and a ‘Director of Fact Checking.’ They must be the only people in Washington who get more vacation time than the president. Maybe the White House could consolidate these positions into a Director of Irony.”

]]> By: ti http://www.theimbroglio.com/07/11/2006/on-payday-its-good-to-be-rove/comment-page-1/#comment-221 ti Wed, 12 Jul 2006 14:37:49 +0000 http://www.theimbroglio.com/2006/07/11/on-payday-its-good-to-be-rove/#comment-221 No doubt the inequities are bipartisan. But I gotta agree w/Dave! here—Bush's "Director of Lessons Learned" has so not earned a six-figure salary. Compared to other really big salaries, salaries of $100k/year or even $160k/year (Rove) aren't that great, but compared to what the average American makes? Different story. People making more than $100k simply can't have a clue how people who make $10k/year or even $20k/year see the world. But sure, this sort of inequity has existed since the founding of the country, regardless of what party was in power... No doubt the inequities are bipartisan. But I gotta agree w/Dave! here—Bush’s “Director of Lessons Learned” has so not earned a six-figure salary.

Compared to other really big salaries, salaries of $100k/year or even $160k/year (Rove) aren’t that great, but compared to what the average American makes? Different story. People making more than $100k simply can’t have a clue how people who make $10k/year or even $20k/year see the world.

But sure, this sort of inequity has existed since the founding of the country, regardless of what party was in power…

]]> By: A. Rickey http://www.theimbroglio.com/07/11/2006/on-payday-its-good-to-be-rove/comment-page-1/#comment-220 A. Rickey Wed, 12 Jul 2006 14:23:01 +0000 http://www.theimbroglio.com/2006/07/11/on-payday-its-good-to-be-rove/#comment-220 Snark aside, has anyone compared this with a reasonable control group, say, Democratic legislators on Capitol Hill? Those at the bottom of the heap in Washington are often working their way up the ladder and don't get very regular pay increases. Certainly that was the way of the world when I worked there, and the habit of underpaying underlings (who were working main for contacts/resumebuilding anyway) was a depressingly regular but thoroughly bipartisan affair. Heck, it wasn't until the Republicans took over in 1994 that Congressional staffers had to be paid minimum wage . . . . Snark aside, has anyone compared this with a reasonable control group, say, Democratic legislators on Capitol Hill? Those at the bottom of the heap in Washington are often working their way up the ladder and don’t get very regular pay increases. Certainly that was the way of the world when I worked there, and the habit of underpaying underlings (who were working main for contacts/resumebuilding anyway) was a depressingly regular but thoroughly bipartisan affair.

Heck, it wasn’t until the Republicans took over in 1994 that Congressional staffers had to be paid minimum wage . . . .

]]> By: Dave! http://www.theimbroglio.com/07/11/2006/on-payday-its-good-to-be-rove/comment-page-1/#comment-217 Dave! Wed, 12 Jul 2006 05:56:06 +0000 http://www.theimbroglio.com/2006/07/11/on-payday-its-good-to-be-rove/#comment-217 I want Stuart Baker's job. He makes $106,641 as the "Director of Lessons Learned". Seriously. The <i>Director of Lessons Learned</i>. For the Bush administration. No. Really! I want Stuart Baker’s job. He makes $106,641 as the “Director of Lessons Learned”. Seriously. The Director of Lessons Learned. For the Bush administration. No. Really!

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