Saturday, April 6, 2013

Poor Joe Biden Can't Afford a Furlough

[Joe] Biden plans to take a pay cut if members of his staff are furloughed as a result of the sequester, his office said Friday.

“The vice president is committed to sharing the burden of the sequester with his staff,” a spokesperson for the vice president said in an e-mail.

But the White House has not yet announced plans to furlough employees who work in the West Wing and or for the vice president's staff, creating a potentially awkward disconnect among top administration officials.

[...]

Unlike some members of the Obama Cabinet, he is not independently wealthy.

  The Hill
And we’re supposed to feel badly about that? How many federal employees taking a furlough are independently wealthy? How many are making what Joe Biden is making?

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

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