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	Name:	lotowner -
	Subject:	Senator quashes Treasury’s bid
	Date:	7/18/2009 11:22:06 AM

Senator quashes Treasury’s bid for humorist

The chairman of the Senate Democratic Policy Committee quashed an effort by the Treasury Department to hire a cartoonist after the link to the job ad was posted on the Drudge Report.

Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) contacted the Treasury Department to complain after Matt Drudge’s website linked to a want ad for contractors with the “ability to create cartoons on the spot about [Bureau of the Public Debt] jobs.”

“Of all the agencies, the Bureau of Public Debt should know that there is very little that is funny about today’s economic conditions,” Dorgan said in a statement. “I understand the need for motivation in the workplace, but I think we have a greater motivation to save the taxpayers some money.”

The bureau canceled its plan to hire a cartoonist after Dorgan intervened.

“I’m glad that the agency that deals with our public debt came to their senses and stopped their plans to hire a contractor to create cartoons in the workplace,” Dorgan said.

I wonder why this same job opening was not filled from someone from the House of Rep. Pelosi, Franks, and a few others would be ideal candidates since they deal in humor every day.

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Senator quashes Treasury’s bid - lotowner - 7/18/2009 11:22:06 AM

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