[BagCamAddict]

Or they will whine and complain that it was for an exorbitant amount of money “while American families are losing their houses and suffering.”

It works out to a billing rate of $156/hr for 40 hrs/week of work. Or let’s say $300/hr for 20 hrs/week of work.

Hardly an exorbitant amount of money for a high-power consultant of Newt’s background and experience. What are high-power Attorneys in Washington DC charging per hour these days?

What does Romney charge per hour for his consulting time? Hmmmm?

[Raebie]

It works out to a billing rate of $156/hr for 40 hrs/week of work.

Lol...we pay expert programmers that rate.

[aposiopetic]

The high-power lawyers can charge a thousand bucks an hour (maybe more, just recalling an article I read a while back), so this is in that ballpark.

[CodeToad]

“It works out to a billing rate of $156/hr for 40 hrs/week of work. “

For Newt that is chicken feed. I charge that just for basic business consulting services. It’s an easy $600/hr for specialty services of any kind.

[seton89]

“Experts” in NY get ~$600/hr.

[noinfringers2]

Anything under $300.00 per hour is cheap for high service. Been there paid there and gained little.

[justlurking]

It works out to a billing rate of $156/hr for 40 hrs/week of work. Or let’s say $300/hr for 20 hrs/week of work.

Wow, my billing rate is more than that. And, I'm not any high powered consultant/lawyer. I'm just a specialized IT consultant.

Of course, I don't get all of it. But, that's how much my company clients pay.