We’re just like you - if you are in the top 1% of income, earn 7 figures annually and have two Harvard educated lawyers in your household
By Jim Lynch on May 2, 2008 in 2008, Barack Obama
Michelle is on the campaign trail describing how the Obama family is just like me and you.
“We are still so close to the lives that most Americans are living,” she said. “And I don’t know about you but for most of my lifetime, I’ve felt disconnected from Washington.”
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“We’re a young couple with small kids with all the challenges and the emotions and the stresses that come with raising kids, like being a working mom,” said Michelle Obama, 44, who is on leave from her job as hospital administrator and now divides her time between campaigning and raising the couple’s two daughters — Sasha, 6, and Malia, 9.
Though she is a Harvard-trained lawyer like her 46-year-old husband, she said the couple was not far from the years of paying off student loans and working to “keep up with bills.”
The Obamas brought in $4.2 million last year, according to their tax returns. Most of the money came from royalties on Barack Obama’s two bestselling books. The couple moved into the millionaire category a few years ago, moving up from their previous six-figure income.
I don’t care that the Obama’s are rich. More power to them. But don’t try to snow us with the idea that you are just another young family struggling to make ends meet.
However, there is one thing that she mentioned that I totally agree with.
“I’ve spent my life trying to convince him not to be a politician. Teach, write, sing, dance — I don’t care what you do. Don’t do this. These people are mean.”
Although she says she’s come around, I think she should stick with her first instinct.
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