Who got raises at the White House?

From Daily Kos

Let's see who the White House values, and who it doesn't...

President Bush's most senior aides -- the ones who hold the coveted title of "assistant to the president" -- recently received a $4,200 cost-of-living bump-up in compensation and now earn a top pay rate of $165,200, according to an internal White House list of staff salaries. The list was compiled by the administration for the year that ended June 30 and is displayed both alphabetically, and by dollar ranking, below. Those at the bottom of the White House staff pay scale -- the folks answering phones and responding to the president's mail, for example -- remain stuck at last year's pay floor of $30,000, according to a year-to-year comparison of White House data obtained by National Journal.

Heh. Those at the bottom didn't even get scraps. A BIG ZERO pay raise.

And who is the decider of those salaries?

White House salaries and job titles are largely controlled at the discretion of the president.

Anyone surprised?

Republicanism in all its glory.

Meanwhile, Think Progress mocks the $106K+ paid to Stuart Baker for being -- this is no joke -- the Director for Lessons Learned. The two ethics advisors ($114.7K and $100.5K) and the Director of Fact Checking ($46.5K) are also clearly doing little to earn their salaries.