[Salgak]

Wanna bet our Bush administration has permitted all of these *executives* to remain in those positions, too.

Wanna bet these are all Senior Executive Service (SES) Civil Service positions, not political positions, so he CAN'T fire them by law ??? Mind you, lots of politicals squirm their way into such positions. . . .

[Landru]

Thanks, Salgak.
Would you believe that up until MissMarple (above) informed me of the very same fact?
I'd never really knew/understood that detail.

...I done been squared-up, educated, & cut-loose already; you're late. {g}

[winallcosts]

Fire them? For what? Taking home a bonus to the family? Now that's kinda anti-Republican, ain't it? Once again--they get bonuses from every administration. Always have. And 10K in take home is hardly pork--almost sounds like a tax cut to stimulate the economy...