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| House quietly gives 'bonuses' to top aides |
| 2009-08-27 |
| Via InstaPundit A month after they voted to punish some corporate executives for taking hefty bonus payouts, members of the House of Representatives quietly gave their own staffers a new potential bonus by making even their top-earning aides eligible for taxpayer dollars to repay their student loans. Money buys loyalty... The change, which took effect in May, means House employees earning up to $168,411, or the top level, are now eligible for government-funded subsidies to help pay down their student loans. House officials defend the change as a job-related benefit necessary to keep the government competitive in the hiring market - the same argument corporate chieftains used to defend their own pay scales. And they get to ride around in luxury private jets on our tax dollars |
| Posted by:ed |
| #4 Money buys loyalty... And silence. |
| Posted by: ed 2009-08-27 19:49 |
| #3 benefit necessary to keep the government competitive in the hiring market I doubt that. Avg Compensation (wages and benefits) Federal Civilian: $119,982 Private Industry: $59,909 |
| Posted by: ed 2009-08-27 19:48 |
| #2 House officials defend the change as a job-related benefit necessary to keep the government competitive in the hiring market That argument would have made sense when unemployment was down around 4-5% - you know, when Bush was president. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2009-08-27 19:30 |
| #1 One set of rules for me, another set of rules for thee. It's about Power, Baby! |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-08-27 08:45 |