Saturday 4 July 2009

Just how much do presidential words of wisdom cost?


This week the U.S. Executive Office of the President has released a list of White House office staff and the annual remumeration received.

President Obama's speech writers collectively cost taxpayers US $276,000 annually as of 1 July 2009:

Hurwitz, Sarah K. ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF SPEECHWRITING AND SENIOR PRESIDENTIAL SPEECHWRITER $85,000.00 per annum

Frankel, Adam P. SENIOR PRESIDENTIAL SPEECHWRITER $65,000.00 per annum

Keenan, Cody S. PRESIDENTIAL SPEECHWRITER $45,000.00 per annum

Lovett, Jonathan I. PRESIDENTIAL SPEECHWRITER $45,000.00 per annum

O'Connor, Kyle P. ASSISTANT SPEECHWRITER $36,000.00 per annum

Which probably works out at somewhere between $1,000 to 2,000 for each major speech made in his first 100 days.

Leading one to wonder: Just how much do Kevin Rudd's pearls of wisdom cost the Australian taxpayer?

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