奥巴马班子披露个人的财务状况
Recently released financial records paint a contrasting picture of the Obama administration: a cabinet composed largely of politicians and government employees who have been on the public payroll for years, and a White House staffed with numerous aides who received substantial compensation over the past year from firms that could have a big stake in administration policies.The financial disclosures follow criticism by President Barack Obama and some of his officials that some financial firms have paid overly generous compensation to their top executives.
White House spokesman Ben LaBolt said Sunday that 'the president searched the public and private sectors in order to find an experienced team that could bring change to Washington and get our economy back on track. Many of his advisers took large pay cuts and sold substantial assets in order to serve the president at this critical moment for our nation.'
Well-paid White House staff include chief economic adviser Lawrence Summers. He earned about $5.2 million from hedge-fund firm D.E. Shaw & Co. in the past year, and received more than $2.7 million in speaking fees from financial firms and other groups.
Other White House staff members received generous payments from the private sector, too. National-security adviser James Jones reported $900,000 in salary and bonus from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, as well as director fees from a number of corporations, including $330,000 from Boeing Co. and $290,000 from Chevron Corp.
His deputy, Tom Donilon, earned $3.9 million as a partner at the law firm O'Melveny & Myers LLP, where his clients included Citigroup Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Obama fund-raiser and hotel heiress Penny Pritzker. Mr. Donilon was formerly a top official at government-backed mortgage finance company Fannie Mae, which has received large amounts of financial assistance from the U.S. government.
Carol Browner, assistant to the president for energy and climate change, disclosed $450,000 in 'member distribution' income, plus retirement and other benefits, from The Albright Group, a consulting firm whose principals include former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. Ms. Browner's financial disclosure indicates that she has resigned from the firm and will receive a $369,000 payout over three years, based on a longstanding company formula.
White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers collected more than $1 million for her work as president of two gas companies for part of 2008. Later, she earned a $350,000 salary from Allstate Financial as president of its social-networking division, and $150,000 in board fees from Equity Residential, a real-estate investment trust in which she also holds at least $250,000 in stock.
The 16-person Obama cabinet, by contrast, includes a large number of former governors and lawmakers who haven't made much more than their official salaries for years. Among them are Vice President Joe Biden, who had among the lowest net worth of any senator when he served in the U.S. Senate; Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, a former Federal Reserve official; and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, a former U.S. senator from Colorado and state attorney general. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack was a former Iowa governor; Labor Secretary Hilda Solis was a member of Congress; and Kathleen Sebelius, the nominee for Health and Human Services secretary, is now governor of Kansas.
Others include housing secretary Shaun Donovan, a former New York City housing commissioner; Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, a former congressman; Education Secretary Arne Duncan, a former Chicago schools head; and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, a former Arizona governor.
Some of Mr. Obama's cabinet members are financially well off, including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, a former Washington governor and international trade lawyer.
And many of the president's White House staff had relatively modest incomes before joining the White House staff. Melody Barnes, director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, reported $88,000 in income last year from her work on the Obama campaign and transition team, including $30,000 in consulting fees from The Raben Group, a Washington firm.
从最近披露的政府官员财务情况看，奥巴马政府的官员分成了泾渭分明的两部分：一部分是主要由政治家和政府雇员组成的内阁，这些人多年来一直从政府拿薪水；一部分是充斥着大量助手的白宫顾问班子，这些人在过去一年中从那些可能受政府政策重大影响的企业获得了相当多的收入。
在这些财务记录公布之前，奥巴马总统和他的一些官员曾批评一些金融机构向高管发放了过高的薪酬。
国务卿希拉里白宫发言人拉伯特周日说，总统遍寻了政府和私营部门，以便组建一支经验丰富、有望给华盛顿带来变革、并使美国经济重回正途的团队。奥巴马的很多顾问接受了大幅减薪、出售了大量资产，以便在眼下这个危急时刻为了国家的利益辅佐我们的总统。
收入丰厚的白宫官员包括国家经济委员会主任萨默斯。过去的一年中，他从对冲基金公司D.E. Shaw & Co.获得了约520万美元的收入，并从金融公司和其他机构获得了270多万美元演讲费。
其他白宫官员也从私营部门获得了丰厚收入。国家安全顾问琼斯从美国商务部拿了90万美元的工资和奖金，还因担任数家公司的董事而获得了收入，他从波音公司获得了33万美元，从雪佛龙公司拿了29万美元。
国家经济委员会主任萨默斯他的副手多尼伦曾担任律师事务所O'Melveny & Myers LLP的合伙人并赚得390万美元。该事务所的客户包括花旗集团、高盛集团和奥巴马的筹资人、酒店继承人普里茨克。多尼伦曾在政府支持的抵押贷款融资公司房利美担任高管。房利美从美国政府获得了巨额金融救助。
负责能源及气候变化问题的布朗披露说，她从顾问公司The Albright Group获得了45万美元的“成员分配”收入、退休和其他福利。这家公司的负责人包括前国务卿奥尔布赖特。布朗披露的财务纪录暗示，她已经从该公司辞职，根据公司一个为时已久的计算公式，未来3年她将获得36.9万美元的股息。
白宫社交秘书罗杰斯作为两家天然气公司的总裁2008年获得了100多万美元收入。之后，她因担任Allstate Financial社交网部门的总裁而获得35万美元工资，因担任Equity Residential董事获得15万美元。后者是一家房地产投资信托，她还持有该公司至少25万美元的股份。
国家安全顾问琼斯与此形成鲜明对比的是，由16名成员组成的奥巴马内阁包括很多前州长和国会议员，这些人多年来在官方工资之外都没有什么额外收入。其中包括副总统拜登，他在参议院任职时是所有参议员中资产净值最少的人之一；财政部长盖特纳曾是美国联邦储备委员会的官员；内政部长萨拉查曾任科罗拉多州参议员和该州总检察长。农业部长威尔萨克曾担任爱荷华州州长；劳工部长索利斯曾是国会议员；而获得卫生与社会服务部长提名的西博利厄斯现任堪萨斯州州长。
其他的内阁成员还有住房及城市发展部部长多诺万，他曾是纽约市住房部门负责人；交通部长拉胡德曾是国会议员；教育部长邓肯曾是芝加哥教育部门的负责人；国土安全部部长纳波利塔诺曾任亚利桑那州州长。
奥巴马内阁中的一些成员经济状况良好，包括国务卿希拉里和商务部长骆家辉。骆家辉曾担任华盛顿州州长，也曾是国际贸易律师。
很多白宫官员在进入白宫前收入相对适中。白宫国内政策委员会主席巴恩斯表示，去年因在奥巴马竞选团队和过渡小组工作而收入8.8万美元，包括从一家华盛顿公司The Raben Group获得的3万美元顾问费。
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