“Richard has always been willing to take the highest risks, playing for the highest stakes on policy issues over the years and often winning, but this is also really a story of being seduced by money,” said Mr. Gelb, a former official at the State and Defense departments and a former columnist at The New York Times. “People in the foreign policy world do not make a lot of money. They go to think tanks, government, academe, and generally get $125,000 to $150,000 a year. When you are touched by lightning and manage to get into the inner sanctum to make money, the opportunities are delicious.”
That explains a lot. How in the hell is anyone supposed to live on $125,000 a year?!?
Aaron | 06-Sep-04 at 11:39 pm | Permalink
And those poor bank tellers, working for $15,000.00 per year – who can blame them when they empty the bank vault. [insert eyeroll here]