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McCain: Aides who are rich will be asked to make $1/yr salary
Yahoo ^ | 9/7/2008 | Mike Allen

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: mccain; mccainpalin; palin; salaries; ustreaury
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So you get paid based on what you have.. I can understand some people not needing salary (Bloomberg) but then why would someone volunteer to do a stressful job for free.. That worries me
1 posted on 09/07/2008 9:45:21 AM PDT by GreaterSwiss
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To: demoskowitz

Public service...

Plus, you can make it all back with the “tell all” book after you leave the job.


2 posted on 09/07/2008 9:46:32 AM PDT by misterrob (Obama-Does America Need Another Jimmy Carter?)
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To: demoskowitz

When you’re a “Dollar-a-year-man” the job is stress-free ‘cause you can just walk away at any time.


3 posted on 09/07/2008 9:47:05 AM PDT by paddles
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To: demoskowitz

Sounds like Gov Saracude is bringing her AK ideas to the campaign. Sounds good to me.


4 posted on 09/07/2008 9:47:13 AM PDT by jokyfo ("OBAMA" is Arabic for "CIPHER" and Farsi for "VACUUM")
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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.


5 posted on 09/07/2008 9:47:54 AM PDT by squidly
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To: demoskowitz

no democrats will want the job now!


6 posted on 09/07/2008 9:48:10 AM PDT by BooyahPower
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To: demoskowitz

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...


7 posted on 09/07/2008 9:48:27 AM PDT by PleaseNoMore
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To: demoskowitz

Stupid idea. Just get rid of the cabinet departments and you don’t have to worry about paying someone $1.


8 posted on 09/07/2008 9:48:59 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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Who decides what is best off? And will McCain work for free? He could live off his wife’s beer money.


9 posted on 09/07/2008 9:49:54 AM PDT by Sir Clancelot
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To: demoskowitz

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


10 posted on 09/07/2008 9:50:10 AM PDT by Piers-the-Ploughman (Just say no to circular firing squads.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

This is largely symbolic, but there’s an old saying, “Leadership starts at the top.”

Good for McCain!


11 posted on 09/07/2008 9:51:31 AM PDT by paterfamilias
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To: demoskowitz

Well, that takes care of his promise to have dems in his cabinet.


12 posted on 09/07/2008 9:52:08 AM PDT by Crawdad (Joe Biden- the Fredo Corleone of the Democrat Party)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Start with the Education Department.


13 posted on 09/07/2008 9:52:13 AM PDT by Mark was here (The earth is bipolar.)
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To: demoskowitz

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.)


14 posted on 09/07/2008 9:52:58 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but Hillary's ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: demoskowitz

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 ?


15 posted on 09/07/2008 9:53:56 AM PDT by kbennkc (What passes for optimism is most often an intellectual error)
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To: demoskowitz

The Palin Effect. Reform at every level. America will love it!


16 posted on 09/07/2008 9:54:40 AM PDT by montag813
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Mrs. Submareener’s father was a “Dollar a Year” man for the War Production Board during World War II. We have the checks and letters. He was in charge of the Butyl Alcohol plant on the southeast coast of Porto Rico. They turned sugar cane into rubber for the war effort.
17 posted on 09/07/2008 9:55:00 AM PDT by SubMareener (Become a monthly donor! Free FreeRepublic.com from Quarterly FReepathons!)
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To: squidly
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, 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

18 posted on 09/07/2008 9:55:00 AM PDT by infowarrior (“Let the voters decide if Palin is laughable.”-Tublecane)
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This would be a great symbolic gesture...


19 posted on 09/07/2008 9:55:42 AM PDT by Maverick68 (w)
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why would someone volunteer to do a stressful job for free.. That worries me

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.

20 posted on 09/07/2008 9:56:36 AM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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