First Czar in Prison contest still open as Rattner agrees to pay fine

And what a fine it was: $10,000,000.00 dollars. But don’t schedule any fundraisers for the former Car Czar, because as this video clip shows Rattner may be worth as much as $680 million. So he should be okay.

Rattner, who was accused of paying kickbacks, has managed to avoid becoming the first Obama Czar in prison. Of course, Van Jones is ineligible for the contest because his prison time was somewhat short and came before he became a Czar.

Kind of makes us wonder, though, what kind of money the horrible, evil, filthy rich that the Obama administration finds so appalling must make. Rattner, for example, is a piker in terms of net worth when compared to Mayor Bloomberg, whose money is managed by the former Car Czar. The New York City Mayor’s net worth may be as high as $20 billion. With a B.

We don’t begrudge either of these guys their money. With one notable exception, that is. Bloomberg’s salary as Mayor of New York City is $1.00 per year. Considering the job he’s doing, any impartial observer would say he’s overpaid.

So, alas, Rattner has avoided prison time and we’re still waiting for the first Czar to swap pinstripes for prison stripes. All things considered, we shouldn’t have to wait much longer.