White House outraged by PM Lee's salary
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from http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070411/lf_afp/ussingaporegovernmentpay_070411163549 .
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A senior White House official on Tuesday admitted he was floored by the news that Singapore's prime minister earned five times more than US President George W Bush.
"I'm going to emigrate and run for office in Singapore," the official said on condition he be identified only as "a senior administration official who sits in disbelief after reading that story."
On Monday, the Singapore government had announced a fresh 25.5 percent pay hike for Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, boosting his salary to 2.05 million dollars per year.
Bush gets paid 400,000 dollars per year for doing his job, according to the White House.
Combined with personal investment income, he and his wife Laura reported 618,694 dollars in taxable income in the 2005 fiscal year. They had to pay 187,768 dollars in federal taxes.
But maybe Bush shouldn't feel so bad. The Singaporean's paycheck is eight times fatter than Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's. -
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I wouldn't say the word to use here is "outraged".
http://www.sgforums.com/?action=thread_display&thread_id=247721 -
My pay nvr hike leh
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It is amazing that LKY can gloat on TV to say that Singaporeans deserve a dose of incompetent Government if Singaporeans are not prepared to pay the salary hike that he insist on having.
Perhaps LKY believe that the US is a leading example of an incompetent Bush running the USA on a salary that is about half that of the Singapore's PM. -
The writer has made a wrong comparison...Originally posted by vetomoko:from http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070411/lf_afp/ussingaporegovernmentpay_070411163549 .
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A senior White House official on Tuesday admitted he was floored by the news that Singapore's prime minister earned five times more than US President George W Bush.
"I'm going to emigrate and run for office in Singapore," the official said on condition he be identified only as "a senior administration official who sits in disbelief after reading that story."
On Monday, the Singapore government had announced a fresh 25.5 percent pay hike for Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, boosting his salary to 2.05 million dollars per year.
Bush gets paid 400,000 dollars per year for doing his job, according to the White House.
Combined with personal investment income, he and his wife Laura reported 618,694 dollars in taxable income in the 2005 fiscal year. They had to pay 187,768 dollars in federal taxes.
But maybe Bush shouldn't feel so bad. The Singaporean's paycheck is eight times fatter than Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's.
He shouldn't have compared US President Bush with Singapore PM Lee...
He should compare 'apple to apple', whereby US President Bush with Singapore President SR Nathan, whose pay package will be around S$3.19M...
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