the 73 grand is probably actually a $45k position, when you factor in the guy's healthcare, workmans comp insurance
and it's not like the money was used for Obama's toilet paper. It's an American at work. And he's paying $12 grand of that to taxes. And he's spending the other 32,000, which means he's boosting the economy. Maybe he's making a car payment on a Ford.
I guar-an-fuck-ing-tee you... if obama had specifically SLASHED this job, this monkey handler would be on fox news, and they'd be throwing him a pity party, blaming obama, showing his house get foreclosed, etc.