Well, 1f2?
Don'tcha be telling me you haven't heard the ol' argument it takes executive level salaries in order the federal leviathan retain the, "Best People"???
C'mon neighbor; has to be the fav rationale forwarded just prior to the pols giving themselves a pay raise!!
Well?
This theivery sounds about par to me, then.
..."What's good for the Creep, is good for the Crony"; or, something like that.
(~oy vey)