Bush pays his ‘director of fact-checking’ $60,000.»

[babylonsister]

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/24/bush-pays-his-director-of-fact-checking-60000/

Bush pays his ‘director of fact-checking’ $60,000.»

Dan Froomkin reports that the latest list of White House staffers and their respective salaries has been released. Among the highest-paid White House staffers: Press Secretary Dana Perino, National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley, Counsel Fred Fielding, and Counselor Ed Gillespie. Froomkin highlights some interesting bits from the disclosure:

– After four years of stagnating at $30,000, the bottom of the payscale was finally raised this year to $33,400.

– There are fully 25 lawyers in the White House counsel’s office.

– Staci A. Wheeler, the White House’s director of fact checking, is — at $60,000 — either being paid way too little or way too much, depending on how you want to look at it. :evilgrin:

[krispos42]

1. That's not a lot of money to pay somebody for pulling things out of their ass

Just think of Preparation H costs alone...

[Tab]

2. Well, considering how few facts Bush actually uses...

How hard could it be?

[underpants]

3. What happened to Stuart Baker Director of Lessons Learned???

Baker, Stuart Director for Lessons Learned $106,641
http://www.nationaljournal.com/about/njweekly/stories/2006/0711nj1.htm

[redirish28]

4. You mean he actually has a director of Fact Checking? And all this

Time Wife and thought Cheney was doing that job.

[DailyGrind51]

5. Let me guess...,

is she a Regent University graduate?

[TexasObserver]

6. $60K means living in a 1-2 bedroom apt. inside the beltway

That's not a lot of money in DC for someone working at the White House or Capitol.

I'm just saying that would not be top staffer anywhere in Washington. That would be a mid level staffer.