Rich Dicks Got Each Other's Backs, Yo

Do you have any doubts about what the President is all about? About who he looks out for and who he shits on? Doubt no more.

President Bush’s most senior aides -- the ones who hold the coveted title of "assistant to the president" -- recently received a $4,200 cost-of-living bump-up in compensation and now earn a top pay rate of $165,200, according to an internal White House list of staff salaries.
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Those at the bottom of the White House staff pay scale -- the folks answering phones and responding to the president’s mail, for example -- remain stuck at last year’s pay floor of $30,000.

"Calm down, Jerry, it's not like the President personally controls that sort of thing, sheesh."

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White House salaries and job titles are largely controlled at the discretion of the president.

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