The United States has been elected for four years, basically one emperor and one minister! Most of the federal leaders were laid off and returned to civilian life.
Their annual salary and other personal information must be published regularly on a special website and can be viewed at any time by anyone.
Today I will give you a summary ($1 = ￥6.9):
President $400,000;
Vice President $227,000;
White House Chief of Office, White House Spokesperson and Chief Speech Writer $172,200;
President's Chief Personal Assistant $102,000;
First Lady's Press Secretary $84,000.
Speaker of the House of Representatives (1 person each), $200,000;
Majority Leaders of the House of Representatives (1 person each), $180,000;
Federal Members (about 500 people), $160,000.
Federal Supreme Court Justices (9 people in total), $208,000;
Federal Appeals Court Justices (179 people), $179,500;
Federal District Court Justices (687 people), $169,300.
Federal Government Officials (divided into 5 levels):
1. Cabinet Ministers (there are 14 departments in the United States and 28 departments in China) $180,000;
2. Deputy Minister, $160,000;
3. Bureau (Department) Director, $149,000;
4/5. Director and Chairman of Small Bureau, Committee, $140,000, $130,000,
Federal Government Civil Service (divided into 15 levels), $20,000~$127,000. The average annual salary of White House employees is $77,000, the middle salary is $62,000, and the bottom-level assistants are $36,000.
Due to different economic levels, the income levels of employees in different prefectures, counties, counties and cities will vary. The annual salary of the governor of local governments (50 states) is $100,000 to $200,000, of which the highest in the United States is $200,000. The governor of the new is less than $120,000 in years accounts for 50% of all states in the United States.
Because Virginia is one of the richest states in the United States, the average annual salary of employees in this state is $52,559; the average salary of 16 public universities is $60,534. The departments with the least income are prisons, correction centers and disability training centers. Most county and city employees have similar benefits to state employees, some are exactly the same, and some are somewhat different in salary. The mayor's salary varies greatly according to the economic conditions of each place, and there are many mayors who are higher than the governor's salary; there are also many mayors who only receive symbolic wages and serve local people as their ambitions.
Compared with other industries, American civil servants can be said to have low wages and slow salary increases, but their benefits are relatively good. For example, state employees generally have benefits including medical insurance, dental insurance, disability insurance, personal insurance and retirement benefits, which are much better than many large companies in the United States, and the number of people who need to pay for it is small.
For example, if a person is a civil servant, the whole family can join in medical and dental insurance. He only needs to pay 10% of the insurance premium, and the part of paying for medical treatment is very small; disability insurance and personal insurance are all paid by the state, and the pension is directly transferred to the retirement account (managed by a professional company) every month, and the total annual amount is equal to 11% of the salary. Another advantage of government work is its relative stability. Of course, due to poor economy in the past few years, many states have successively fallen into fiscal crises and laid off employees, but there are still many less than companies.
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The American people don’t seem to respect government officials so much. In the eyes of the public, civil servants use taxpayers’ money to help taxpayers do things. Moreover, if you become an official, no matter you are a big or a small one, you have to give up some of the rights of ordinary citizens, such as privacy rights.
The personal information of American civil servants includes salary and annual income, etc., and it is easy to find it online and it is simply exposed. The law also explicitly stipulates that gifts and banquets of more than $25 cannot be accepted, and violators shall be subject to the bribery law.
Therefore, as long as you become an official, you should do your work in a clean and dedicated manner. Corruption in any circumstances will be pursued. As long as the corruption standards are met, no matter how many it is, it will be severely punished. This is the iron law of the United States in fighting corruption and corruption. There is also a famous saying among the American people: "If you want to make a fortune, go to a company, go to a university, and become an official in the White House."It can be seen that it is not feasible to be an official here and to make a fortune.
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On the state government website of Texas , there is a column called "Where has the money gone", which is specially designed for the public to inquire about government spending. Under this column, a line of text descriptions said very conspicuously: "(Since) you have paid for your government, you have the right to know how the money was spent." A Pew Center survey found that 35% of Americans regularly study data published on government websites, and government budgets and expenses are the data they often look at. In the definition of an American, public spending is almost the most basic obligation of a transparent government.
From the official website of Texas , registered taxpayers can understand the government's expenditure through several projects - who are spending money, projects that spend money, procurement records of government departments, third parties who obtain orders from government departments, transportation expenses of government departments, etc. In addition, through specific searches, taxpayers can also find out the state's funding received from the federal government.
According to US law, only a small number of government documents are listed as confidential, and the rest must be made public. Any citizen can review government documents under the Freedom of Information Act. As for the government's budget and appropriations, each transaction is clearly published in the public document. In the Internet age, anyone who only needs to surf the Internet can get detailed records related to government spending on the White House website or Congress website.
The picture above shows the US government's 2017 budget on the White House website. The first is "Social Security", accounting for 23.45% of the total budget, totaling US$97.26 billion.
More public data can be queried in the sub-web page of "White House Open Data".
Of course, due to the huge and complexity of government agencies, no individual can clarify the vast number of documents. As government waste becomes more and more popular with society, many citizens have emerged in recent years, and they have taken it as their mission to supervise the federal government's expenditures. The information released by these organizations has had a considerable impact on American society and has also given the government more concerns when spending taxpayers' money. In the databases published by the two organizations below, people can find classified budget documents and detailed analysis reports. Over the years, the news media has benefited a lot from it.
Taxpayers for Common Sense (Taxpayers for Common Sense)
was founded in 1995. The organization included every expenditure in Congress in a database open to the public and released research reports every week listing various wasteful phenomena in recent government spending.
The supervisory role of the news media may not need to be mentioned.
But what is worth mentioning is the regulatory authorities of the US government itself. These departments are highly independent and the published investigation reports often embarrass the government. There are two most important departments.
Government Accountability Office
This is an office dedicated to providing reports on federal government spending, work efficiency, and program implementation to the U.S. Congress. Among all government departments, the office scored very well in polls. On its web pages, there are a large number of reports from government departments. Most reports are written according to the request of the MP. Every member of the parliament can ask the GAO to conduct an investigation on a certain project. The biggest report is an annual analysis of the federal government's fiscal and expenditure status.
Office of the Inspector General
There is such an office in every major government department that specializes in investigating various internal illegal or inappropriate behaviors. Anyone who finds a problem can report it to these offices in real name or anonymously.
One of the founding fathers of the United States and the author of "Common Sense" Thomas Paine once said: "Even in the best state, the government is just a devil that has to be accepted. In the worst state, it is an unbearable devil."From the various signs in the past few years, it is probably difficult for Americans to continue to endure the big waste of government and government.
Source: Xiaofei Shuhui
Editor: Tian Xiaolan
