Posted on 10/26/2011 5:48:34 PM PDT by Nachum
(CNSNews.com) – Federal employees at several financial regulatory agencies – including the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) – are earning six-figure salaries and taking home bonuses up to $5,000, according to federal records obtained by Judicial Watch. At least 228 such regulators make $225,000 a year.
In comparison, members of Congress make $174,000 a year; the Speaker of the House makes $223,500; and the majority and minority leaders pull in $193,400 a year.
The records, obtained through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), show the number of employees at five of the six major financial regulatory agencies.
In addition to the CFPB, the personnel documents come from Wall Street regulatory agencies including the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Treasury Department, and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
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That is fanTAStic pay for looking at pr0n all day. Are we on our third banker indictment over the past 5 years yet? (The Indian insider-trader dudes)
Meanwhile, soldiers who risk their very lives for us, are paid so little that some got on food stamps during the Clinton years.
I can not stand to hear any democrat speaking anymore, my blood boils at their lying words and thiving tactics.
They are a disgusting lot of thieves and liars.
In comparison, members of Congress make $174,000 a year; the Speaker of the House makes $223,500; and the majority and minority leaders pull in $193,400 a year.
Oops, never mind. I thought this was a thread about raising taxes.
It’s a taxpayer funded party, everyday. These people should be treated as common criminals.
LOL
At a time when budgets are in crisis this executive branch is spreading around pay grade increasing on an alarming number of positions.
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