Originally posted by: WackyDan
"Families are tightening their belts, and so should Washington," said the new president
Then he should apply that same principle to federal spending. His comment is somewhat counter to what he already promising to do in increasing spending and social programs.
The lobbiest changes/rules are great... but please get the house and senate to abide by the same rules.
You're confusing spending *to benefit the public* with spending at the expense of the public; spending that's targetted to help the economy, and spending that hurts it.
Those who call for low pay for these people are penny wise and pound foolish. Anyone who can serve in a senior White House position is able to make a lot more money in the private sector; the harder you squeeze, the more you guarantee that they have ulterior motives for being there, why they walk away from the better compensation.
Sometimes, it's like Robert McNamara, who gave up a wealthy career as the new President of Ford to do public service, but it increases the chances for people with worse agendas.
Those agendas are typically going to be to use the power of the position to serve some interest, to build their marketability in the private sector.
Consider as an example the Congressman who led the Medicare drug bill passage that gave $150 billion extra to drug companies - then immediately resigned and joined them.
Pay them a fair wage, and the public will gretly benefit from those tiny dollars out of the trillions they influence.
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