12-22-2008, 03:40 AM
> $160K is not an enormous amount of money
> for someone at the top of our governmental
> bureaucracy.
You seem to think that's all they make and all the compensation they get.
They also get huge sums for every committee and commission that they are on and every title they snag within the structure of the House and Senate.
The home states usually pay for room and board when they're in DC. They don't have to pay for transportation. They don't have to pay for health care. Lobbyists pay for their meals and "fact finding" vacations. They get paid for public speeches. They get paid for appearances on tv.
'Nice "work" if you can get it.
> for someone at the top of our governmental
> bureaucracy.
You seem to think that's all they make and all the compensation they get.
They also get huge sums for every committee and commission that they are on and every title they snag within the structure of the House and Senate.
The home states usually pay for room and board when they're in DC. They don't have to pay for transportation. They don't have to pay for health care. Lobbyists pay for their meals and "fact finding" vacations. They get paid for public speeches. They get paid for appearances on tv.
'Nice "work" if you can get it.