Paying for First Ladies

[rightwinger]

I've got to admit that I picked this up from another discussion forum. Just need to post this here.


Total Personal Staff members for other first ladies paid by taxpayers
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------:
Mamie Eisenhower:--- One-- paid for personally out of President's salary.


Total number of Personal Staff Members paid by Tax Payers.

Jackie Kennedy: ------- One
Rosaline Carter: --------One
Barbara Bush: ------One
Hilary Clinton: --------Three
Laura Bush: ---------- One
Michele Obama: -------Twenty-two

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:
One.. $172,200 - Sher, Susan (Chief Of Staff)
Two.. $140,000 - Frye, Jocelyn C. (Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Policy And Projects
For The First Lady)
Three.. $113,000 - Rogers, Desiree G. (Special Assistant to the President and White House Social
Secretary for Mrs. Obama)
Four.. $102,000 - Johnston, Camille Y. (Special Assistant to the President and Director of
Communications for the First Lady)
Five.. $100,000 - Winter, Melissa (Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief Of Staff to the
First Lady)
Six.. $90,000 Medina , David S. (Deputy Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
Seven.. $84,000 - Lilyveld, Catherine M. (Director and Press Secretary to the First Lady)
Eight.. $75,000 - Starkey, Frances M. (Director of Scheduling and Advance for the First Lady)
Nine.. $70,000 - Sanders, Trooper (Deputy Director of Policy and Project for the First Lady)
Ten.. $65,000 - Burnough, Erinn (Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)
Eleven.. $64,000 - Reinstein, Joseph B.(Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)
Twelve.. $62,000 - Goodman, Jennifer R. (Deputy Director of Scheduling and Events Coordinator For The
First Lady)
Thirteen.. $60,000 Fitz, Alan O.(Deputy Director of Advance and Trip Director for the First Lady)
Fourteen.. $57,500 - Lewis, Dana M. (Special Assistant and Personal Aide to the First Lady)
Fifteen.. $52,500 - Mustaphi, Semonti M. (Associate Director and Deputy Press Secretary To The First
Lady)
Sixteen.. $50,000 - Jarvis, Kristen E. (Special Assistant for Scheduling and Traveling Aide To The First Lady)
Seventeen.. $45,000 - Lechtenberg, Tyler A. (Associate Director of Correspondence For The First Lady)
Eighteen.. $43,000 - Tubman, Samantha a (Deputy Associate Director, Social Office)
Nineteen.. $40,000 - Boswell, Joseph J. (Executive Assistant to the Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
Twenty.. $36,000 - Armbruster, Sally M. (Staff Assistant to the Social Secretary)
Twenty-One.. $35,000 - Bookey, Natalie (Staff Assistant)
Twenty-Two.. $35,000 - Jackson, Deilia A. (Deputy Associate Director of Correspondence for the First Lady)

Total $1,591,200 in annual salaries – all for someone we did not vote for and apparently have no control over.

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. (I'm wondering why there are no guidelines or restraints for this and other activities concerning our government officials and their kin.)

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 ...


Canada Free Press: canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/12652

Wow......This is why many of us despise our federal government.
$172k( Chief of staff) is an ABSURD amount of money...And those 6 people making $90k and up and GROSSLY over paid.
BTW I don't give a damn about party or who occupies the white house. The spouse of the president does not need more than one or two staffers. And neither of them should be full time full benefit. These are temporary positions and should be moderately compensated.

Totally clueless about executive salaries. Do you even understand what a Chief of staff is?

 

[rightwinger]

A million and a half dollars spread out over 120 million taxpayers is a little over a penny from each of us!

Every year, year in, year out.

My God, the horror of it all.

While she works tirelessly for the good of our children, our vets and their families.

Oh please. Just stop the nonsense.
Works tirelessly.....UGH.....
The UPS and Fed Ex driver work tirelessly. The iron worker works tirelessly.
The commercial pilot works tirelessly.......The First lady doesn't need an alarm clock.

I bet her day extends well past your own

 

[Syriusly]

Since when has the First Lady become part of the Executive Branch?

Are the children also part of it?

Always has been

Martha Washington had social responsibilities in meeting legislators and foreign dignitaries. She had a large staff of servants

Michelle Obama has global responsibilities representing us around the world. She does a great job

at best a good will ambassador,

NO position in the Executive Branch

She has an office and a staff and official responsibilities

Staff gets paid....always has

NO matter how hard you want to elevate her it, Does NOT make her part of the Executive Branch.

pretty sure they are paid out of the budget for the Executive Branch...

Yep- here is the list for 2008- including the First Lady's staff members.

2008 White House Office Staff List - Salary - washingtonpost.com

 

[longknife]

I've got to admit that I picked this up from another discussion forum. Just need to post this here.


Total Personal Staff members for other first ladies paid by taxpayers
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------:
Mamie Eisenhower:--- One-- paid for personally out of President's salary.


Total number of Personal Staff Members paid by Tax Payers.

Jackie Kennedy: ------- One
Rosaline Carter: --------One
Barbara Bush: ------One
Hilary Clinton: --------Three
Laura Bush: ---------- One
Michele Obama: -------Twenty-two

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:
One.. $172,200 - Sher, Susan (Chief Of Staff)
Two.. $140,000 - Frye, Jocelyn C. (Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Policy And Projects
For The First Lady)
Three.. $113,000 - Rogers, Desiree G. (Special Assistant to the President and White House Social
Secretary for Mrs. Obama)
Four.. $102,000 - Johnston, Camille Y. (Special Assistant to the President and Director of
Communications for the First Lady)
Five.. $100,000 - Winter, Melissa (Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief Of Staff to the
First Lady)
Six.. $90,000 Medina , David S. (Deputy Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
Seven.. $84,000 - Lilyveld, Catherine M. (Director and Press Secretary to the First Lady)
Eight.. $75,000 - Starkey, Frances M. (Director of Scheduling and Advance for the First Lady)
Nine.. $70,000 - Sanders, Trooper (Deputy Director of Policy and Project for the First Lady)
Ten.. $65,000 - Burnough, Erinn (Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)
Eleven.. $64,000 - Reinstein, Joseph B.(Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)
Twelve.. $62,000 - Goodman, Jennifer R. (Deputy Director of Scheduling and Events Coordinator For The
First Lady)
Thirteen.. $60,000 Fitz, Alan O.(Deputy Director of Advance and Trip Director for the First Lady)
Fourteen.. $57,500 - Lewis, Dana M. (Special Assistant and Personal Aide to the First Lady)
Fifteen.. $52,500 - Mustaphi, Semonti M. (Associate Director and Deputy Press Secretary To The First
Lady)
Sixteen.. $50,000 - Jarvis, Kristen E. (Special Assistant for Scheduling and Traveling Aide To The First Lady)
Seventeen.. $45,000 - Lechtenberg, Tyler A. (Associate Director of Correspondence For The First Lady)
Eighteen.. $43,000 - Tubman, Samantha a (Deputy Associate Director, Social Office)
Nineteen.. $40,000 - Boswell, Joseph J. (Executive Assistant to the Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
Twenty.. $36,000 - Armbruster, Sally M. (Staff Assistant to the Social Secretary)
Twenty-One.. $35,000 - Bookey, Natalie (Staff Assistant)
Twenty-Two.. $35,000 - Jackson, Deilia A. (Deputy Associate Director of Correspondence for the First Lady)

Total $1,591,200 in annual salaries – all for someone we did not vote for and apparently have no control over.

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. (I'm wondering why there are no guidelines or restraints for this and other activities concerning our government officials and their kin.)

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 ...


Canada Free Press: canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/12652

I don't remember guys running for president getting secret service. Whys trump and carson getting special treatment? Isn't trump a billionaire? Let him pay for his own protection.

And who's mad at Ben carson?

From the Secret Service Site

Major candidates and their spouses began receiving protection after the assassination of Robert Kennedy in 1968. PL-90-331 was passed June 6, 1968. (Language since adopted into 3056).

See FAQs

The Hildabeast is already getting SS protection - and the agents abhor her!