Mitt Romney is right. There are a lot among that 47% who are a lost cause. We often exchange emails with one of them. It’s an exercise only in seeing firsthand just how many brain cells die when you can’t stop drinking Kool-Aid. Here is our most recent exchange.
From the progressive:
Thanks for sharing this so I can see what crap they are peddling now (actually this goes back a couple of years). I know you are too smart to fall for this and suppose you actually opened the Snopes link to see it is false. Typical. So if people would bother to read what Snopes says about this: # of employees in White House has DECREASED under Obama and cost accordingly. Those who got raises actually go new job assignments with different. new duties.
This is what the idiots out there do: lie, lie, lie….and people are stupid enough to believe the lies.
No matter; Romney is toast unless the GOP cheats to win (which they are trying hard to do w/all the voter suppression laws. Disgusting. Play and Win or Lose Fair and Square if you think you have the better political platform for our nation. They are such liars and losers. They ruined the economy and now expect us to put them back in the driver’s seat!
On Sep 18, 2012, at 11:29 AM, someone wrote:
HMMM…17% to 86% RAISES IN SALARY FOR OBAMAS WHITE HOUSE STAFF MEMBERS!!
PASS THIS ON TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES!
http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/whraises.asp
By the way, WHAT in the HELL is a Director of African-American Media???????
Remember this chart before you vote in November…….
Pass it on to all so that everyone is aware of Obama’s hypocrisy. Is this the Hope and Change you need?
Our response:
The 2008 Bush staff count was 447 and cost $35.4M (adjusted for inflation). The 2009 Obama staff count was 487 and cost $39.1M; the 2012 cost is $37.8M.
Using the administration’s own published data:
| Year: | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 |
| Total Employees: | 465 | 454 | 469 |
| Retained from prev year: | 54 | 165 | 135 |
| Average increase: | 11.44% | 7.40% | 12.40% |
The current average WH salary is $80,740; according to the latest BLS numbers (7/18/12), the median salary for full-time wage and salary workers comes out to $40,092/year.
Their response:
Go try living in D.C. area on $80k!