This week, our award is going to the city leadership of the nation’s capital, for continuing to lobby for a coronavirus bailout package that would exceed $3 billion, while spending more than $1 billion annually on some of the most exorbitant government salaries in the nation.
Like most other American cities, the District is required to balance its budget annually. This year, due to the coronavirus pandemic, city officials are claiming a $1.5 billion budget deficit and asking Congress for $3.15 billion over two years to alleviate the city’s financials woes.
The mayor of the capital, for instance, is paid $220,000 annually, which tops the salary of any state governor. Moreover, there are at least six other employees in Mayor Bowser’s office who earn more than any governor.
D.C. City Council members make roughly $141,282 per year, which is more than what's paid to members of any state legislature in the country. And the chairman of the D.C. city council, Philip Mendelson, takes home $210,000 per year, which tops the pay for every member of the U.S. Congress, except House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's $223,500.
The chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) makes $273,156 annually, a higher salary than any four-star general in the United States military makes. Open the Books identifies seven MPD officials making more, often much more, than the U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security ($179,700).
D.C. public school students do not exceed a 35% proficiency rate in any standardized test subject, yet the system's chancellor earned $280,000 last year. The U.S. Secretary of Education takes home a comparatively paltry $199,700.
The report identified 77 PR professionals across city government whose average salary landed in the six-figure range.
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I have had financial difficulties, through no fault of my own, and manage to cut my spending to cover the issue, with no help from the taxpayers. Let them do the same
NO!! No bailout! Let them borrow money from their city employees!
Let the city go bankrupt... or raise the taxes on their citizens to pay for their SOCIALIST STATE... no more bailing out the Marxist Democrats... let the local citizens and businesses pay for their extravagant indulgences... NO BAILOUT... it will only lead to more irresponsible government.
Yes‼️‼️ They should go bankrupt!
if I'm foolish with ,obey I will be broke! If I apply for a loan I'll be turned down, which I should, because of foolishness with money.
when elected leaders are more interested in stuffing their bank accounts, than working for the good of their cities or states, they should NOT be bailed out.
and when their citizens are miserable, hungry, and broke, they will get rid of their so called leaders that have caused their misery‼️‼️‼️
Right on. These cities and states should follow the lead of the fiscally responsible Trump administration. We finally have a business man in charge. Trump is not one elected leader who is more interested in stuffing his bank accounts, than working for the good of their cities or states. He works so very hard to make America Great Again that he deserves every single golf trip to his golf properties where the secret service spends 100s of million dollars. I'm sure he donates all of the profits to charities as he always has done throughout his life. And what does the despicable deep stare do? They close down his charity. Trump really needs to clean up and eliminate the deep state!
Another Democrat stronghold where the only people that benefit from their "leadership" are they themselves, the citizenry can suck eggs as far as they are concerned.
Just look at the Democratic strongholds on the coasts esepcially at California and at New York, never mind a sin city like San Francisco and the entire Bay area. These are all basically failed states and municipallities run by demorats. At least only a small part of our beloved USA is as bad as these places are.
this is crazy
Got ahold of the Cities treasurery and are dipping in deep to line thier pockets. She had enough to buy paint to deface the streets of DC. Let her up the taxes of her citizens . Have them pay for it. I don't want my tax money to go to help antilaw idiots. Do they allow the citizens of thier City to vote on the salaries they collect? They alow the destruction of public property which we have paid for and now want more of our money thats blatent Crap.
In contrast to these demorats, Trump is the most transparent president ever and runs the government more transparently than any other president has done in the past. He hides nothing, not even as he is fighting the Deep State. He is the truth, which is why he needs to take control of the media and eliminate fake news. We only need to rely on Trump and his trans[arency. We don't need a fake media. No wonder real American patriots love and trust Trump no matter what. He cannot do any wrong, ever.
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