Rove, Bolten And Other Power Players Get A Raise Karl Rove Goes To Washington. Noo, no that's another story about Mr. Smith, but he did get a handsome raise while the folks in the front office got ... Ta Dum ... Nothing, nade, nilch. Here's the story from the National Journal

At that level, the White House aide who keeps a log of the gifts sent to the president makes about as much as the average starting pay for a public school teacher. At $15 an hour, that’s almost three times the national minimum wage of $5.15. (Congress is debating this summer whether to raise the minimum wage, while the administration prefers to leave it where it is).

White House salaries and job titles are largely controlled at the discretion of the president, within the confines of the overall budget approved by Congress for the Executive Office of the President. For example, Anita McBride, chief of staff to the first lady, earns $149,000 this year, which is a jump of $16,000 above her listed pay rate in 2005 -- with no change in title. In 2005, the peak of the White House pay scale was $161,000 for 19 heavyweight job titles.

So there you go. Have at it.  ¶ 7/11/2006 02:03:00 PM