Talk about a good gig if you can get it. Anthony Fauci milked a 40+ year career working as a doctor for the Federal Government into a small fortune.
The 81-year-old delighted many by announcing he would fade off into the sunset when Joe Biden’s term as President ended, but give Fauci credit for making sure he holds on to his status of being the highest-paid federal employee as long as he can.
A group called Open The Books analyzed Fauci’s pension he’ll make after retirement, and it’s pretty staggering. In the first year after he ends his reign of gloom and doom and puts all his extra beloved facemasks into a storage facility, he will bank $414,000
That is just under his current salary of $480,654, and Fauci, in retirement, doing nothing, will make more than the President of the United States earns. ($400k)
And even if he continues to perform like most 80+-year-olds do in jobs that should belong to someone 30 years younger, in other words, poorly, he’s getting pay increases his last couple years all the way up to $530,000 in 2024.
There are 4.3 million people on the federal government payroll, and nobody makes more than Fauci.
These are hard-earned taxpayer dollars going to an elderly man whom many believe is not good at what he does.
Here’s what Open the Books CEO Adam Andrzejewski told Fox News.
“Dr. Fauci has been the highest-paid federal employee for years, and now we know that his pay will be history-making even in retirement. With the flexibility to spend his days as he wishes, Fauci will rake in more than the leader of the free world earns in a year. There’s seemingly no limit to the money taxpayers will have to spend on him in perpetuity.”
“We the people” need to revisit those who supposedly serve the country. That is a ridiculous amount of money, and so are many other pensions/perks. It’s time, “We the People” actually have a say in where our tax dollars actually go. How many senators, congressman and so called appointed positions are already wealthy, and do not actually need the pension? Two terms and out for both sides, not a lifetime position or entitlement. Change is constant, and the the time is now to make a change.
Public Service is not about financial opportunity , it is public service, and not for profit! Poly Ticks needs to stop in both Federal and local governments. If you choose to serve, do it with purpose, not for entitlement of position.
Do something amazing in the private sector and collect your reward in that capacity, before or after you serve. America is a great country, and deserves better. Be the asset, and not the liability that perpetuates costly burdens on the American taxpayers, who have no say in how the money is spent.
Come on folks: We deserve better, and we collectively need to be the change if America is to stand the test of time. “United We Stand”, and man, does this country need to Unite.