President Obama's 'Czars'

Politico ^ | 9/4/09 | STAFF

[Happyinmygarden]

The cost of King Barack’s Court:

OK, for those among us who own small businesses, let’s analyze this just like we would if we were thinking of opening a new office:

Now, let’s see, if each of the Czars has a salary of $150,000, plus benefits of 35%, that’s $202,500 each. In round numbers that means $8,100,000 per year for 40 Czars (rounding up...one must anticipate expansion...)

Then let’s add another $100,000 each for travel, meals and entertainment.

Now, let’s assume they each have a nice office of about 1000 sq. ft. at Washington, D.C. prices of say, oh about $5.00 per square foot. That’s $5000 x 12 = $60,000 = $2,400,000 for all of them.

Let’s just give their hard-working staff the same amount of space, shall we? That’s another $2,400,000

Now, let’s add staff for each of, oh shall we say, five people? And let’s just do a simple “average” salary for each staff member of $70,000. So, that’s $350,000 per Czar. But wait! There’s more! Let’s not forget the benefits for the staff. That’s another $122,500 per Czar.

Then, there’s travel for the several “personal assistants” on the staff. So, let’s figure two staff members also travel whenever the Czar travels. Just to be conservative, let’s add another $100,000 for staff travel.

Lost yet?

Oh, and we can’t forget the standard costs of running an office. You know, the stuff like paper, ink cartridges, telephones, and so on. Just to be conservative, let’s figure about $2000 per month for that. That’s $24,000 per year per Czar.

OK. Now, let’s add it all up:

Czars = $8,100,000 in salary and benefits
Travel= $4,000,000
Private Office for Czars=$2,400,000
Staff = $18,900,000 for salaries and benefits
Office space for staff=$2,400,000
Office supplies=$960,000
Travel for (2) staff=$4,000,000

Here’s the total bill all you nice folks who pay taxes are footing for King Barack the Mild’s Czars:

$40,760,000 and in case you need help reading that, it’s 40 million 760 thousand dollars and it doesn’t include limo services, gym memberships and so on...

Now, fellow business owners, tear the above apart. Find the flaws, the missing pieces, and let’s start spreading the news about what the King’s Courtiers are costing us.

[maxsand]

Reichsarbeitsminister
(Reichs Minister of Labor)
Franz Seldte (1933-1945)
Theodor Hupfauer (1945) (1)
Reichsaußenminister
(Reichs Minister for Foreign Affairs)
Konstantin von Neurath (1932-1938)
Joachim von Ribbentrop (1938-1945)
Arthur Seyss-Inquart (1945) (1)
Reichsfinanzminister
(Reichs Minister of Finances)
Lutz Schwerin von Krosigk (1933-1945)
Reichsjustizminister
(Reichs Minister of Justice)
Franz Gürtner (1933-1941)
Franz Schlegelberger (1941-1942)
Otto Thierack (1942-1945)
Reichsminister des Innern
(Reichs Minister of Interior)
Wilhelm Frick (1933-1943)
Heinrich Himmler (1943-1945)
Paul Giesler (1945) (1)
Reichsminister für Bewaffnung und Munition
(Reichs Minister for Armament and Munitions)
Fritz Todt (1940-1942)
Albert Speer (1942-1945)
Karl Saur (1945) (1)
Reichsminister für die besetzten Ostgebiete
(Reichs Minister for the Eastern Occupied Territories)
Alfred Rosenberg (1941-1945)
Reichsminister für die kirchlichen Angelegenheiten
(Reichs Minister of Religion)
Hans Kerrl (1935-1941)
Hermann Muhs (1941-1945)
Reichsminister für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft
(Reichs Minister of Agriculture)
Alfred Hugenberg (1933)
Walther Darré (1933-1943)
Herbert Backe (1943-1945)
Reichsminister für Luftfahrt
(Reichs Minister of Airtraffic)
Hermann Göring (1933-1945)
Reichsminister für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda
(Reichs Minister for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda)
Joseph Goebbels (1933-1945)
Werner Naumann (1945) (1)
Reichsminister für Wissenschaft, Erziehung und Volksbildung
(Reichs Minister for Science, Education and Culture)
Bernhard Rust (1934-1945)
Reichsverkehrs- und Reichspostminister
(Reichs Minister of Post and Communication)
Paul Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach (1933-1937)
Wilhelm Ohnesorge (1937-1945)
Reichswehrminister
(Reichs Minister of Defense)
Werner von Blomberg (1933-1938)
Karl Dönitz (1945) (1)
Reichswirtschaftsminister
(Reichs Minister of Economics)
Alfred Hugenberg (1933)
Karl Schmitt (1933)
Hjalmar Schacht (1933-1937)
Walther Funk (1937-1945)

[scrabblehack]

Now Van Jones submitted his resignation to the Chairman of the Council for Environmental Quality (who does require consent of the Senate to hold office)...

ALthough if he’s a czar, can the Chairman actually order him to do anything?

[taraytarah]

How bout a Constitution Enforcement Czar to get rid of them all, vett Hussein, and then fire himself?