3 Weeks in: Trump Gives Bannon, Conway, Spicer, and Priebus a Raise...Illegally Hires More Advisors

[LudwigPastorius]

President Trump expanded the number of top advisers in the White House and raised their wages compared with his predecessor, President Obama, according to White House officials and government records.

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White House aides who earn nearly $180,000 – more than the basic salary paid most House and Senate lawmakers – include Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, Counselor Kellyanne Conway, Chief Strategist and Senior Counselor Stephen Bannon, and White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer.

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The president, whose staff structure is notable for competing power centers and opaque lines of authority, named at least 27 “assistants to the president,” according to a White House spokeswoman. After verifying a staff list with a Trump deputy, RealClearPolitics counted 28 senior advisers. Despite repeated questions over several weeks, White House aides did not iron out the discrepancy as of Thursday.

By law, the nation’s chief executive can appoint 25 senior advisers at the top federal pay scale set annually in the White House Office.

More here: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/02/10/trump_pays_top_west_wing_advisers_180000_133048.html

[Vinca]

1. The grift continues.

[LudwigPastorius]

2. They are in a hurry to empty the Treasury because they know it's only a matter of time before...

ineptitude or criminality will force them out of the White House.

[Orsino]

3. One thing Trump is good at is frittering away other people's money. n/t

[global1]

9. Not OPM But APM......

American People's Money.

Your tax dollars at work - as they strip away EPA, FDA, Labor Laws, Social Security, Medicare, ACA, etc.

[underpants]

4. So we're paying Kellyanne $180K to lie to us

[pinboy3niner]

6. Alternate facts ain't cheap

And I think we're paying Kellyanne by the word.

[dalton99a]

5. Hey, it's other people's money. He'll give them $300,000 before you know it.

[randome]

7. Look. Money grows on trees maintained by baby-flying storks during their downtime...

...while Jesus occasionally checks in on his trusty Brontosaurus-Uber. So the net cost to the Treasury must be somewhere in the neighborhood of zero. Nothing to worry about. The world's greatest business genius is hard at work!
[hr][font color="blue"][center]"There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in."
Leonard Cohen, Anthem (1992)[/center][/font][hr]

[maxrandb]

8. Let's see, allowed 25 but has 28

Ivanka, Eric and Don Jr???? Maybe?

God, could you imagine the "liberal" media if this were a Democrat? Hell, could you imagine the "liberal" media if this were even the Pope? Wait....could you imagine the "liberal" media if this were anything but a CONservative Republican?

Oh well, guess the "liberal" media doesn't want to be labeled as "biased".

[CousinIT]

10. "by law"....Pray tell WHAT LAWS apply to Trump? NONE.

It doesn't matter what any law, ethics rule or the constitution says IF. THEY. ARE. NOT. APPLIED.

So I ask once again: WHO is going to stop him? WHEN will he ever be told: "NO. YOU. MAY. NOT. DO. THAT."

[Blanks]

11. After all...

'Drain the Swamp' is a euphemism for cleaning out the treasury.

[erpowers]

12. So Much For Fiscal Responsibility

How many Republicans will complain about Trump wasting taxpayer money? The same people who would have called for President Obama's impeachment if he had done something like this will probably claim Trump has to pay so many people such high salaries because he is a business man and knows that you have to pay for good talent.