"In my own life, in my own small way, I have tried to
give back to this country that has given me so much," she
said.
"See, that's why I left a job at a big law firm for a
career in public service, ".... Michelle Obama
No, Michele Obama does not get paid to serve as the
First Lady, and she doesn't perform any official duties. But, this hasn't
deterred her from hiring an unprecedented number of staffers, to cater to her
every whim, and to satisfy her every request, in the midst of the Great
Recession.
Just think, Mary Lincoln was taken to task for purchasing
China for the White House, during the Civil War. And, Mamie Eisenhower had to
shell out the salary for her personal secretary, from her husband's
salary.
Total Personal Staff members for other first ladies, paid by
taxpayers:
Mamie Eisenhower: One-- paid for personally, out of the
President's salary. Jackie Kennedy: One Roseline Carter: One Barbara
Bush: One Hilary Clinton: Three Laura Bush: One
Michele Obama: Twenty-two
How things have
changed! If you're one of the tens of millions of Americans facing certain
destitution, earning less than subsistence wages, stocking the shelves at
Wal-Mart, or serving up McDonald cheeseburgers, prepare to scream, and then come
to realize that the benefit package for these servants of Mrs. Michelle are the
same as members of the national security, and defense departments, and the bill
for these assorted lackeys is paid by YOU, John Q. Public:
Michele
Obama's personal staff:
One.. $172,200 - Sher, Susan (Chief Of
Staff) Two.. $140,000 - Frye, Jocelyn C. (Deputy Assistant to the
President, and Director of Policy And Projects For The First
Lady) Three.. $113,000 - Rogers, Desiree G. (Special Assistant to the
President, and White House Social Secretary for Mrs. Obama) Four..
$102,000 - Johnston, Camille Y. (Special Assistant to the President, And
Director of Communications for the First Lady) Five.. $100,000 -
Winter, Melissa (Special Assistant to the President, and Deputy Chief Of Staff
to the First Lady) Six.. $90,000 - Medina, David S. (Deputy Chief Of
Staff to the First Lady) Seven.. $84,000 - Lilyveld, Catherine M.
(Director, and Press Secretary, to the First Lady) Eight.. $75,000 -
Starkey, Frances M. (Director of Scheduling, and Advance for the First
Lady) Nine.. $70,000 - Sanders, Trooper (Deputy Director of Policy and
Projects for the First Lady) Ten.. $65,000 - Burnough, Erinn (Deputy
Director, and Deputy Social Secretary) Eleven.. $64,000 - Reinstein,
Joseph B. (Deputy Director, and Deputy Social Secretary) Twelve..
$62,000 - Goodman, Jennifer R. (Deputy Director of Scheduling, and Events
Coordinator For The First Lady) Thirteen.. $60,000 - Fitz, Alan O.
(Deputy Director of Advance, and Trip Director For the First
Lady) Fourteen.. $57,500 - Lewis, Dana M. (Special Assistant, and
Personal Aide to the First Lady) Fifteen... $52,500 - Mustaphi,
Semonti M. (Associate Director, and Deputy Press Secretary To The First
Lady) Sixteen.. $50,000 - Jarvis, Kristen E. (Special Assistant for
Scheduling, and Traveling Aide To The First Lady) Seventeen.. $45,000
- Lechtenberg, Tyler A. (Associate Director of Correspondence For The First
Lady) Eighteen.. $43,000 - Tubman, Samanth a (Deputy Associate
Director, Social Office) Nineteen.. $40,000 - Boswell, Joseph J.
(Executive Assistant to the Chief Of Staff to the First Lady) Twenty..
$36,000 - Armbruster, Sally M. (Staff Assistant to the Social
Secretary) Twenty-One... $35,000 - Bookey, Natalie (Staff
Assistant) Twenty-Two.. $35,000 - Jackson, Deilia A. (Deputy Associate
Director of Correspondence for the First Lady) (Total $1,591,200 in annual salaries)
There has NEVER been anyone in the White House, at any
time, who has created such an army of staffers, whose sole duties are the
facilitation of the First Lady's social life.
One wonders why she needs
so much help, at taxpayer expense.
Note: This does not include makeup artist Ingrid
Grimes-Miles, 49, and "First Hairstylist" Johnny Wright, 31, both of whom
traveled aboard Air Force One to Europe. . Copyright 2009 Canada Free
Press.ComCanadafreepress.com/index.php/article/12652Yes,
I know, The Canadian Free Press had to publish this, perhaps because America no
longer has a free press, and the USA media is too scared that they might be
considered racist, or suffer at the hands of Obama.
Why doesn’t someone
in Congress blow the whistle on the Obama’s extravagance, and prompt an
investigation? What a sorry lot we have in
D.C.!!
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