The President of the United States, Barack Obama, makes around $400,000 and has a free place to live with all expenses paid. Members of the Senate and House make around $174,000 per year, without any housing allowance.
* PBS pays President Paula Kerger $632,233 in annual compensation—as reported on the 990 tax forms all nonprofits are required to file.
* The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), pays President and CEO Patricia de Stacy Harrison $298,884 plus another $70,630 in other compensation from the organization and related organizations.
* But, they are both outdone by Kevin Klose, president emeritus of NPR, who received more than $1,200,000 in compensation, according to the tax forms the nonprofit filed in 2009.
* Sesame Workshop President and CEO Gary Knell received $956,513 in compensation in 2008.
-Frank Hill
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You do know that it's only wrong when evil bankers and oil company CEO's make 10,000x minimum wage, right?
ReplyDeleteBig Bird is "for the children" so of course money is no object.
I realize that the people who run PBS and Sesame Street are smarter than our president and most of Congress, but that doesn't necessarily mean they should be paid more! At least, not with tax dollars.
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