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What, are you daring me to lock this thread? "FYI," my ass. Just where to do you expect this discussion to go after posting something like that?



Hardly confrontational John (well the facts at least). I would first state that if this is true, the the IRS needs to do as good of a job with the govt employees as with the public. HOWEVER, I would also like to see stats for delinquent private sector Americans who are delinquent on taxes to get a better feel for how out of line (or not) that info is.
As for the staggering salary of the White House, I would have to question the need for 457 staffers, although as the article itself mentions, this is only 7 more than the previous Administration. Further, after looking at the original data, there are 140ish of the 457 who are actually making 6 figures, and the highest is $170,000. The remainder are under six figures and a large number are down around the $40-50,000 range, hardly 1%'ers. Further, the average salary has increased from $63,000 in 2003, to $81,000 in 2011. Further, assuming no promotions, that increase is in line with an average cost of living increase of 3%. And, staff size has increased a total of 20 since 2003, all of that being spread pretty evenly over that 8 year time frame (from 433 in 2003, to 442 in 2007, to 453 in 2011, so about 9-10 every 4 years. As said, I can't imagine having that many staff, and the White House would be wise to cut staff to help reduce operational costs, but then again, with the number of dignitaries, citizens, events, etc... that go on there, and the obligations of the White House who am I to say how many they do or don't. Apparently it required that many 10 years ago, and I would not be suprised to find that even 20 years ago, but didn't see any data prior to 2003.