Your Tax Dollars [Not] At Work

The National Journal published the list of salaries for White House staffers. The following four jobs have to be the easiest in the Bush White House (via Think Progress):

Deborah Nirmala Misir -- Ethics Advisor -- $114,688

Erica M. Dornburg -- Ethics Advisor -- $100,547

Stuart Baker -- Director for Lessons Learned -- $106,641

Melissa M. Carson -- Director of Fact Checking -- $46,500

Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) had this to say about these specific positions:

I would also ask the President why we're paying for two "Ethics Advisors" and a "Director of Fact Checking." They must be the only people in Washington who get more vacation time than the President. Maybe the White House could consolidate these positions into a Director of Irony.

And yes, Director of Lessons Learned is indeed an actual position in the White House.