First Lady requires 22 attendants - Cost - $1,626,700/year



One wonders why she needs so much help, at taxpayer expense, when:

Hillary Clinton had three;

Jackie Kennedy had one;

Laura Bush had one.





"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 own personal secretary.





1. $172,200 - Sher, Susan (Chief Of Staff)



2. $140,000 - Frye, Jocelyn C. (Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Policy And Projects For The First Lady)



3. $113,000 - Rogers, Desiree G. (Special Assistant to the President and White House Social Secretary)



4. $102,000 - Johnston, Camille Y. (Special Assistant to the President and Director of Communications for the First Lady)



5. $90,000 - Winter, Melissa E. (Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)



6. $90,000 - Medina , David S. (Deputy Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)



7. $84,000 - Lelyveld, Catherine M. (Director and Press Secretary to the First Lady)



8. $75,000 - Starkey, Frances M. (Director of Scheduling and Advance for the First Lady)



9. $70,000 - Sanders, Trooper (Deputy Director of Policy and Projects for the First Lady)



10. $65,000 - Burnough, Erinn J. (Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)



11. $65,000 - Reinstein, Joseph B. (Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)



12. $62,000 - Goodman, Jennifer R. (Deputy Director of Scheduling and Events Coordinator For The First Lady)



13. $60,000 - Fitts, Alan O. (Deputy Director of Advance and Trip Director for the First Lady)



14. $90,000 - Lewis, Dana M. (Special Assistant and Personal Aide to the First Lady)



15. $52,500 - Mustaphi, Semonti M. (Associate Director and Deputy Press Secretary To The First Lady)



16. $50,000 - Jarvis, Kristen E. (Special Assistant for Scheduling and Traveling Aide To The First Lady)



17. $45,000 - Lechtenberg, Tyler A. (Associate Director of Correspondence For The First Lady)



18. $45,000 - Tubman, Samantha (Deputy Associate Director, Social Office)



19. $40,000 - Boswell, Joseph J (Executive Assistant to the Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)



20. $36,000 - Armbruster, Sally M. (Staff Assistant to the Social Secretary)



21. $40,000 Bookey, Natalie (Staff Assistant)



22. $40,000 - Jackson, Deilia A. (Deputy Associate Director of Correspondence for the First Lady)



Never has there been anyone in the White House with such an army of staffers whose sole duties are the facilitation of the First Lady's social life.



That's $1,332,762.00 assuming the #18. $445,000 should be 45,000, #11. Reinstein should get about $65,000, #14. $90,000 - Lewis would get $60,000 if these are to be in decending order. Then add in Ingrid and Johnny, make up. VP



Note: This does not include makeup artist

Ingrid Grimes-Miles, 49, and "First Hairstylist"

Johnny Wright, 31, both of whom travelled aboard Air Force One to Europe .



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That is absolutely ridiculous. Gee, wonder why MSNBC hasn't reported anything about that?

Almost makes me want to apply for a job on her staff, but I'd probably be put in charge of the bikini wax.

 

Gawd.... This bunch makes me more ill with each passing day....

 

If it wasn't so ludicrous it might be funny. But it isn't funny at all, there are too many folks that are in real need in this country!

 

People on this forum tried to warn others about the tax and spend liberals. (And there are plenty these days in the GOP too). I've wondered about if we can pay the deficit as it grows larger and larger.

I read recently in the Patriot Post: In an editorial on February 26, 'The 2% Illusion,' we wrote that the feds could take 100% of the taxable income of everyone in America earning more than $500,000 and still have raised only $1.3 trillion even in the boom year of 2006. The rich are fewer and less rich now, while the Obama budget is nearly $4 trillion.

They don't know how to exercise restraint. They're like a bunch of 2 year olds in a candy store spending money they stole from someone else.