03-05-2010, 10:43 AM
Doogle apparently wants the entire world to know what he am making (which, of course, would be distinct from what he am actually earning).
According to the OPM, a GS-15 step 10 in the DC area is paid $155,500 in 2010.
http://www.opm.gov/oca/10tables/indexGS.asp
http://www.opm.gov/oca/10tables/pdf/DCB.pdf
According to The Inflation Calculator, $155,500 in 2009 was worth only $60,506.41 in 1980.
http://www.westegg.com/inflation/infl.cgi
His salary seems to be more a product of inflation and profligate government spending than any merit related to either his education or job performance. Having reached your maximum economic level of Peter Principle incompetence doesn’t seem like something to brag about.
According to the OPM, a GS-15 step 10 in the DC area is paid $155,500 in 2010.
http://www.opm.gov/oca/10tables/indexGS.asp
http://www.opm.gov/oca/10tables/pdf/DCB.pdf
According to The Inflation Calculator, $155,500 in 2009 was worth only $60,506.41 in 1980.
http://www.westegg.com/inflation/infl.cgi
His salary seems to be more a product of inflation and profligate government spending than any merit related to either his education or job performance. Having reached your maximum economic level of Peter Principle incompetence doesn’t seem like something to brag about.
