I found this to be an overly political article which missed the point.  The point is the position has an official salary range which is DOUBLED. I get sick of lines like "this is not going to break the bank". You cant analyze govt spending item by item and suggest that each overage is not a problem.  The trend of this administration is to overpay at every turn. Soon we will exceed the spending per capita. Sure the partisanship and politics as usual is distasteful and especially hypocritcal from an administration that claimed they were going to be different. But I am most tired of the notion that it isnt my money and we can spend this money withhout prudence and god judgement.