If he is doing something worthwhile enough so that some people will voluntarily pay his salary, more power to him but don't ask me to fund him.

If he isn't doing something worthwhile enough to get people to pay his salary voluntarily, maybe he should get another job. 

Bureaucrats invariably overestimate their value to society and given the amount of debt we are carrying and unfunded liabilities that are growing, someone had better be establishing priorities because we have unlimited wants but limited means.