How Did They Earn It?

A humorous story in the Tribune...if you are amused political insiders cashing in big time:

• When President Barack Obama moved into the White House earlier this year, he took several of his fellow Chicago millionaires with him.
  
  Newly released disclosure reports show virtually all of the top Chicagoans serving in the West Wing had assets valued at a million dollars or more at the end of 2008.
  
  In several cases, the reports provide the first detailed look at the finances of some of the president's top aides and friends from Chicago who have risen with him. They also show the salary haircut many have taken to be in the White House, at least until they return to the private sector.

Funny how all the people listed are one and two degrees of separation from the Chicago Machine and all the graft and political favoritism that comes with it.