One number tells the level of Jeff Weaver's commitment to the Sanders campaign.

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FEC list of Sanders' campaign financial disbursements for the first 3 months of 2016:

Tad Devine's paycheck (Devine Mulvey Longabaugh) = $ 2,246,230.10 ($749,000 per month).

Jeff Weaver's paycheck = $500 ($167 per month).

Weaver has made more than a few missteps, but no question he is deeply committed to the Sanders cause.

Also: scan down the length of the list of payments. More than any other variable, payments are the most telling indicator of the complexity of presidential campaigns.

http://docquery.fec.gov/pres/2016/Q1/C00577130/B_PAYEE_C00577130.html

Update: Oops. I stand corrected. Weaver made $9,900 in March, far below what the head manager of a nationwide presidential campaign typically makes, and about $2,000 less per month than the going rate for a business school professor at a mid-sized research university, fresh out of his/her doctoral program. Devine as senior advisor, makes $810,000. Certainly there are other charges that Devine's pay includes, but his monthly pay is considerably more than that earned by a college professor in his/her twenties. My point stands.