Written  by Dr. Paul L. Williams
>
> "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 Eisenhowe 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 : 1 paid for personally out of President's salary
>
> Jackie Kennedy: 1
>
> Roseline Carter: 1
>
> Barbara Bush: 1
>
> Hilary Clinton: 3
>
> Laura Bush: 1
>
> Michele Obama: 22
>
> 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 Ms
> 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:
>
> 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 for Mrs. Obama)
>
> 4. $102,000 - Johnston, Camille Y. (Special Assistant to the President and
> Director of Communications for the First Lady)
>
> 5. $100,000 - 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 -   Lel yveld, 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. $64,000 - 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. $57,500 - 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. $43,000 - Tubman, Samanth a (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. $35,000 - Bookey, Natalie (Staff Assistant)
>
> 22. $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.Com
>
> canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/12652
>
> Yes, 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.

 

I guess this how to repay your friends for helping you....waste your tax dollars...