Comments on: Michelle Obama’s Staff Salary Totals $1.6 Million

By: Lou

Lou — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:37:23 +0000

I think we should elect only non married people to the Presidency. This way we don’t have to pay out all those greenbacks for a very unnecessary position.

By: LukeAmerica2020

LukeAmerica2020 — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:27:19 +0000

Jason: If you can offer accurate and verifiable info regarding your query, please post it here. BTW, I, for one, appreciate the civil tone of your comment.

By: jason

jason — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:53:14 +0000

In the interest of honest discourse, why don’t you publish a side by side comparison of both Laura Bush’s 2008 staff (including all of the above positions) and Michelle O’bama’s current staff salaries. I might be a liberal, but I am always interested in the truth..the whole truth, not just one side of it.

By: LukeAmerica2020

LukeAmerica2020 — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 04:27:51 +0000

Larry: You make a great point. However, the far left considers it fair play to take our hard-earned tax dollars to fund the Queen’s record-breaking staff salaries. They could care less that her staff makes more than the last two first lady’s staffs … combined. After all, she’s a Queen.

By: larry

larry — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:17:43 +0000

michael andorson so then it is ok to spend more tax $ on worthless BS that sounds like change I do not want

By: larry

larry — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:10:14 +0000

you people that voted for obama just can not admit you made a mistake hope you enjoy socialism

By: LukeAmerica2020

LukeAmerica2020 — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 13:11:18 +0000

Ahhhh Michael. Your comments sound interesting. But, alas, “facts are stubborn things”. You’ve apparently digested some misinformation along the way.

First, indeed L.B.’s staff was a little higher in 2008 than the much popularized and highly denigrated 2004 tally of $561,325. In 2008, L.B.’s staff totaled $730,400.

Just because a position does not include “First Lady” in the job title does not exclude this person from being an attendant whose primary work involves the first Lady. The highest paid in the list above is Susan Sher who is, in fact, Queen Michelle’s Chief of Staff.

Moreover, Ms. Sher was hand-picked by the Queen in June to replace the former CoS. Ms. Sher is a friend of the Queen’s from Chicago.

By: Michael Andorson

Michael Andorson — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 01:49:14 +0000

Your figures are very misleading. First, you have included staff that are not exclusively assigned to the first lady. More importantly, in comparing Ms. Obama to Laura Bush, you are using the 2004 figures for the Bush White House, and including less staff. However, if you check the salary records for the Bush White House in 2008 - just a year ago - for the same positions, you’ll find the positions and salaries are very similar. That’s right - it was the Bush administration who more than doubled the salaries for Mrs. Bush’s staff in just one term, while the Obamas have since added only a very modest increase.

By: GeekGirl2u

GeekGirl2u — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:56:06 +0000

HiTurtleSue: I think it would be cheaper to have a single man run this country, if it costs the tax payers that kind of money for a first lady … gezzzz!

Who would think that Michell Øbama would have that many people working under her?

I never knew a first lady would have such cost.

Wow! Amazing…

By: LukeAmerica2020

LukeAmerica2020 — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 07:51:09 +0000

HiTurtleSue: indeed !!!