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If Donald Trump’s reality show "The Apprentice" were based on a bureaucratic rather than free enterprise model, the Donald’s famous quip, “You’re fired,” would be replaced by, “You’ve been placed on paid administrative leave as per Section 5, Part 752 of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations.”
 
While that might make for lousy reality TV, it’s the sad reality of business as usual in Washington, where high-paid and high-ranking federal workers investigated for serious wrongdoing are able to collect pay while placed on leave from their government post.

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