Posted on 09/07/2008 9:45:21 AM PDT by GreaterSwiss
John McCain says he’d impose a little fiscal discipline on his Cabinet — by asking the best-off to work for one dollar per year.
The vow, made in an interview taped with Bob Schieffer for CBS’s “Face the Nation,” fits with McCain’s new push to run as a reformer who would shake up Washington, where he has worked for the past 26 years.
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Public service...
Plus, you can make it all back with the “tell all” book after you leave the job.
When you’re a “Dollar-a-year-man” the job is stress-free ‘cause you can just walk away at any time.
Sounds like Gov Saracude is bringing her AK ideas to the campaign. Sounds good to me.
If he puts his money where his mouth is and is willing to act as President for $1 a year, then it seems like a good idea, I guess. But the article doesn’t say anything about that.
no democrats will want the job now!
I heard some of this interview. I didn’t hear this part. Did McCain say anywhere that he would do the same? He is well off, doesn’t really “need” the money...just wondering...
Stupid idea. Just get rid of the cabinet departments and you don’t have to worry about paying someone $1.
Who decides what is best off? And will McCain work for free? He could live off his wife’s beer money.
McCain, paraphrasing, wanting the ‘smartest people to work on nation’s problems: “What’s partisan about energy independence”
I’d rather drill for oil than ration gas or pay $4/gal and check my tire pressure everyday
This is largely symbolic, but there’s an old saying, “Leadership starts at the top.”
Good for McCain!
Well, that takes care of his promise to have dems in his cabinet.
Start with the Education Department.
NO. Pay them what the position is worth.
Don’t DENY capitalism, embrace it.
(By the way, the frauds (er, democrats) will STILL hate you, despite this trick.)
Schmidt needs to get the Maverick reigned in again . Since he hates evil capitalist profiteers , will he now populate his administration only with people who have married rich women and do not need a salary ?
The Palin Effect. Reform at every level. America will love it!
No, the article doesn't say that, but he would look absolutely goofy without that condition, so I suspect *that* is a given. He wouldn't be accepting more than $1 a year himself. If he *does* go this route, that would *truly* shake things up, in Washington...
the infowarrior
This would be a great symbolic gesture...
During World war II Roosevelt recruited the cream of America's industrial crop to ceate the War Production Board among other entities. Their task was to maximize the war effort of industry. They were paid a dollar a year. My grandfather was a chemist and a dollar a year man. He still had his one dollar checks from the government proudly framed and hanging on his wall till his death in the late sixties. McCain knows about this precedent, obviously. Too bad so few others do.
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