Another one of Obamas sons
I understand that disgraced politicians have to rebuild their lives. I also understand that reentry can be tough. (For many others who have been shipwrecked as well; not just ex-pols.) I generally applaud employers who step up and give people a second chance.
But $400-500,000 seems a bit high for a reentry job. I'm not trying to pick on Weiner here, but one of my pet peeves is the fantasy land regarding wealth and income that so many on the left seen to inhabit. Weiner is a disgraced [fill in the blank], and he gets half a mil. In fact, he's driven from office in disgrace, and he triples his salary.
No wonder the middle class is invisible to the left, which thinks jobs paying $35-80,000 a year are chump change, not worth giving up the food stamps to take.
I will leave names out of it, but I know a Republican ex-pol who took an alcohol detour and ended up bagging groceries for awhile on his road back. I can't help but think that this sort of experience would do the Weiner's of the world a lot of good.