226 White House staff are paid over $100,000 per year including the full time Royal Obama dog-walker, the dog actually being a Royal 'photo op accessory'

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 12/8/12, "The Royal Presidency," Mark Steyn, National Review 
"Obama lives better than kings" 

"The (Obama) presidential dog-walker is one of 226 White House staff earning over $100,000 a year....In a republic governed by “we, the people,” when the president of the United States wishes to watch a film, there are two full-time movie projectionists who live at the White House and are on call round the clock, in case he’s overcome by a sudden urge to watch Esther Williams in Dangerous When Wet (1953) at two in the morning. Does one of them accompany the first family on Air Force One? If the movie fails halfway across the Pacific, will the president and first lady each be offered a $2 million voucher in compensation?" via Lucianne

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