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Proud Liberal Dem

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6. I wouldn't say they are working "for free"

Reply to jmowreader (Reply #4)

Mon Jun 12, 2017, 06:04 PM

Jun 2017

Ivanka has a taxpayer-funded (I assume) office and staff and Jared has expenses-paid trips to Iraq and wherever to do his father-in-law's bidding. I wouldn't say that they are completely "working for free". And this is just what we KNOW about. Anyway, given how "transparent" the Trump WH is, we would really have no way to know if they are being paid for their work or not.

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Why are people being allowed to work in the WH for free? [View all] jmowreader Jun 2017 OP

Because they are so filled with patriotism that............ guillaumeb Jun 2017 #1

Whom are you referring to? Proud Liberal Dem Jun 2017 #2

Those are the ones jmowreader Jun 2017 #4

I wouldn't say they are working "for free" Proud Liberal Dem Jun 2017 #6

Because otherwise they'd run afoul of 5 U.S.C. 3110 gratuitous Jun 2017 #9

So they can make serious money. n/t Control-Z Jun 2017 #3

It's harder to prove espionage if you don't pay them... Wounded Bear Jun 2017 #5

I don't think WH interns get paid and there's a small army of those HeartachesNhangovers Jun 2017 #7

JFK and Herbert Hoover both rejected pay as President. former9thward Jun 2017 #8