Obama's Wife is Spending Spending Spending Your Money on Herself

As Obama spends us into an infinity of debt, his wife is certainly doing her best to contribute. While they continue to request others to "sacrifice", here's what she's spending.

She has 22 people on her staff. Previous First Ladies usually had a staff under 10 people.

Chief of Staff costing $172,000 a year
Deputy Chief of Staff - $90,000
Director of Policy and Projects - $140,000
Director of Communications at - $102,000
Deputy Director of Scheduling - $62,000
Two Social Secretaries - one at $65,000, one at $64,000
Associate Director of Correspondence at $45,000
Assistant to the Social Secretary at $36,000

That's $6.3-million per year, and if sustained, $25-million during her four years as fashion plate and leader of the food police with her magic garden.

So while Barry lectures us about our spending (don't go to Vegas [again], my hometown that needs visitors to survive), adjust our thermostats; perhaps he needs to lecture his wife. Especially since it's not his' and hers money.

First Lady: Girls' Mentor?

"While the president was away in L.A., the first lady played mentor, with the help of some stars. She organized a round-robin of visits to Washington D.C. schools and a White House event for young girls, to demonstrate to them they could grow up to be anything they chose in America. (You know, that country she had no pride in before her husband's nomination?) ...Michelle, judging by the stars she presented as role models, wants the young women to aspire to be singers and actresses, athletes, 4-star generals and astronauts. There was only one woman CEO or entrepreneur mentioned by media -- Debra Lee, the CEO of the Black Entertainment Network; no women small business owners, no top women sales professionals -- not even difference-makers like school teachers or nurses and caregivers or stay-at-home moms raising successful families. Or even political leaders, like, say the successful governor of a fiscally stable state. Like, say, Governor Sarah Palin. She was one of only two women ever to run for vice-president on either of the two major parties' tickets, and a mom. ... No, Michelle presented Alicia Keyes and Sheryl Crow, actresses Fran Drescher and Phylicia Rashad; a couple of athletes; the first black woman to travel in space; and a celebrity make-up artist. What is so significant here is that nearly all the examples-to-aspire-to presented are primarily supported by the economy; not supporters of the economy. Not creators of innovative products, of companies, of jobs. Not women who started some sort of enterprises from scratch and built them into successful businesses. Heaven forbid we should encourage these girls to grow up to be business owners. Better for them to hope for a spin of the wheel of celebrity via American Idol. Particularly appropriate given our celebrity-president." --author Dan Kennedy