Palin charging $15 million for her e-mails - and you can't see them until after 11/4

[AZBlue]

I kid you not. How low can this bottom-feeder go? Unbelievable!

Sarah Palin's office has discovered a new renewable resource to bring millions of dollars into Alaska's economy: the governor's e-mails.

The office of the Republican vice-presidential nominee has quoted prices as high as $15 million for copies of state e-mails requested by news organizations and citizens. No matter what the price, most of the e-mails of the governor, her senior staff and other state employees won't be made public until at least several weeks after the Nov. 4 presidential election, her office told msnbc.com on Thursday.

How did the cost reach $15 million? Let's look at a typical request. When the Associated Press asked for all state e-mails sent to the governor's husband, Todd Palin, the governor's office said it would take up to six hours of a programmer's time to assemble the e-mail of just a single state employee, then another two hours for "security" checks, and finally five hours to search the e-mail for whatever word or topic the requestor is seeking. At $73.87 an hour, that's $960.31 for a single e-mail account. And there are 16,000 full-time state employees. The cost quoted to the AP: $15,364,960.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27228287/

[LiberalFighter]

1. They pay their employees $73.87 an hour? For doing what?

[AZBlue]

5. The article points out that would be an annual salary of $144,000.

:wtf:

[LiberalFighter]

2. I hope there are some state employees out there that know standard rates.

[NYC_SKP]

3. Fuck Palin, throw her ass in jail and get a subpoena.

They're the citizens' property, not Sarah Palin's.

[Kittycat]

4. Such Bullshit. It really should be a matter of public record.

[mscuedawg]

6. What? She didn't put them on EBAY??!?!?!

[pinto]

7. Thugs, lipstick or not.

[Webster Green]

8. They won't be worth a dime after November 4th..

The dumbass bitch will have entered the dust bin of history, hopefully to never be heard from again. :silly:

[AZBlue]

10. A-MEN!

[ladjf]

9. Hey, just sell us a copy of the email database. We'll do the

programming.