Originally Posted by
fietsbob
imagine he paid himself well, up until then ..
No doubt... the ministers in Singapore are the highest paid in the world.
If Obama makes about US$400,000, we got THREE top-level ministers to run our little country - a Prime Minister, a Senior Minister (the previous PM), and a Minister Mentor (the founder Lee Kuan Yew), all of whom are making salaries roughly FOUR TO FIVE TIMES that amount.
FROM WIKIPEDIA
In April 2007, the Prime Minister's annual salary increased to S$3.1 million (US$2.05 million), about five times that of the then President of the United StatesGeorge W. Bush who earned US$400,000.[SUP][64][/SUP] The annual entry-level salary for ministers increased from $1.2 million to $1.6 million, and was projected to rise to 88% of the private sector benchmark by the end of 2008.