Bush Appointees Get Bonuses

[dArKeR]

The Washington Post reports 470 political appointees received $1.44 million in bonuses last year, according to an Office of Personnel Management report obtained by Democratic Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland.

The trading commission posted the highest average bonus. The State Department handed out the most in bonus money, $257,500, to 23 appointees.

In March 2002 the White House lifted a ban ordered by President Clinton in 1994 on paying bonuses to political appointees. Mr. Clinton imposed the ban because of questionable payments in the last days of the first Bush administration.

But President Bush's chief of staff, Andrew Card, lifted the ban, allowing bonuses for "substantial work achievements that go well beyond the performance of routine duties."

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/07/11/politics/main562857.shtml


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[Old and In the Way]

1. Millions ,lose their jobs and Bush paying his cronies to

support him. This ought to piss off every American in these times.

[VaLabor]

2. AAAARRRRRGH!

#)(+)Q#+()&#@$+)@#$!!!!

[Nottingham]

3. Payoff time! I hope they have Sleepless Nights

:bounce:

[dArKeR]

4. Nott - only people with morals have trouble sleeping.

And the spineless Dems. don't attack the Repukes at the point at which they are, moral-less.

[Gloria]

5. Dems should pair this story up with the overtime screwjob...

that's a one-two punch the American worker should understand....

(Dems=all except Gephardt)

[shanti]

6. this REALLY pisses me off!

the "peons" suffer while the *ush minions get the gravy. i don't think i've ever hated a pResident like this before! :grr:

inequality is the one thing that gets my dander up bigtime~

[philosophie_en_rose]

7. Funny.

I thought we were too poor to fund medication for elderly disabled vets, but I guess Condi really needs that extra money. Teen mothers don't need assistance - they're leeches - but poor Dick Cheney can barely wallow in his money bin. Awww...

They work so hard, too. Fact checking State of the Union addresses and playing so well with other countries. Forget overtime! Why not just sign my paycheck over to State Department?

[IkeWarnedUs]

8. Bonuses???

or Bribes???

or maybe Hush Money???

[MaineDem]

9. Kick

And they cut overtime and the GOP is blocking a minimum wage bill.

Yep, compassionate as hell.

[sam sarrha]

10. he's pretty pretty generous oith our TAX MONEY!!!

whats with the concept that federal money is TAX PAYERS MONEY, and WE deserve to KEEP IT!! ...oh, except when he's buying support from the privileged..