
Public service, much like broken marriages, can be a costly business. Take Pete Hegseth, for instance, who forswore his north of $2 million Fox & Friends salary—almost all of the $4.6 million he made over the past two years—for a comparatively meagre $246,400 annual government wage. The steep wage reduction is particularly worrisome for a guy accused of drunken debauchery, sexual assault and mismanaging finances. Supporting two ex-wives, raising seven children and paying who knows how many lawye