Obama Staff Paid 18% More Than Bush Team
So we've broken down the Bush '08 and Obama '09 WH salary information to find an 18% increase in the total amount paid to Obama staffers over Bush staffers.
Obama's team is making a total of $39,147,222, while Bush's staffers earned $33,193,021 last year.
Meanwhile, Obama lists 487 employees, compared with Bush's 447. BUT note that the Obama administration has included salaries for the Office of Policy Development, which includes the Domestic Policy Council and National Economic Council. Bush didn't disclose those groups (transparency alert).
But do those staffers make up the approximately $6M difference? Digging deeper into this now.
View the Obama numbers here and the Bush staff details here.
(JENNIFER SKALKA and LUCAS GRINDLEY)
Hey. Just some quick math:
Bush average salary: $74257.317673378
Obama average salary: $80384.4394250513
The difference is a reasonable +7.62% To me, that seems appropriate.
Now who is the party of rich special interest groups? We Republicans maybe the party of the rich, but Democrats are the party of the SUPERRICH! There is a difference between rich and super rich.