Pettiest First Lady ever?

[Caveira]

The Obama’s are worth what.   Almost 300 million.   They had to pay for their own food in the White House?   How did they survive.  Crazy.   They had to pay for their own kids travel.   What if regular Americans had to pay for their own food and kids travel!!!!   Not fair at all.   I can’t believe that any of the other first ladies have not complained about this yet. Thoughts or comments?

given her heart felt complaints.  Should the American tax payers pay for her food and her kids travels. It’s only fair right?   

[ionel]

... and i bet Barack didn't help do dishes so she had to do them all by herself.  It's like a first lady is just slave labor.  

[ionel]

15 minutes ago, Caveira said:

The Obama’s are worth what.   Almost 300 million.   They had to pay for their own food in the White House?   How did they survive.  Crazy.   They had to pay for their own kids travel.   What if regular Americans had to pay for their own food and kids travel!!!!   Not fair at all.   I can’t believe that any of the other first ladies have not complained about this yet. Thoughts or comments?

given her heart felt complaints.  Should the American tax payers pay for her food and her kids travels. It’s only fair right?   

Surely she could've gone on food stamps ... think of the children!  

[Caveira]

2 minutes ago, ionel said:

Surely she could've gone on food stamps ... think of the children!  

Does he even pay his fair share in taxes.  I pay more than 18%
 

Today, the President released his 2015 federal income tax returns. The President and the First Lady filed their income tax returns jointly and reported adjusted gross income of $436,065. The Obamas paid $81,472 in total tax. The President’s effective federal income tax rate is 18.7 percent.

[ionel]

8 minutes ago, Caveira said:

Does he even pay his fair share in taxes.  I pay more than 18%
 

Today, the President released his 2015 federal income tax returns. The President and the First Lady filed their income tax returns jointly and reported adjusted gross income of $436,065. The Obamas paid $81,472 in total tax. The President’s effective federal income tax rate is 18.7 percent.

Why did the Obamas send there daughter's to private schools?  The President is a public position, weren't public schools in DC good enough for them.  If not then why not talk to the teacher union boss and fix the issue.  

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ODS

[nick]

I mean I'm fine with the president and whoever is living with him in the White House having all their living expenses paid for... Not a normal job and it's one less thing I would like them to worry about

[nick]

7 hours ago, ionel said:

Why did the Obamas send there daughter's to private schools?  The President is a public position, weren't public schools in DC good enough for them.  If not then why not talk to the teacher union boss and fix the issue.  

The White House Historical Association says only three presidents' children have attended public schools (source, additional source). Those three belong to Jimmy Carter, Theodore Roosevelt, and Taft.

For Obama, he said it was due to security, privacy, and the private system was deemed as the best fit (they attended a private school in Chicago before Obama became president). He did acknowledge the DC school system was struggling. 

[WrestlingRasta]

There are some really unhappy people around here..

[ionel]

3 hours ago, WrestlingRasta said:

There are some really unhappy people around here..

It's a free country ... we can be unhappy if we want!  

[ThreePointTakedown]

Define irony:

a group of anonymous people who undoubtedly had more privilege than this women had up to a point in her life(although they’d never admit it or even self reflect on that point), now complain and attempt to shame her that after working hard and getting quite lucky in her life she voices any issues that she had in the WH. 
 

nope, you’re not emotional snowflakes. Definitely not. 

[wrestlingguy]

Michelle Obama just trying to stay relevant. You made a lot of money parlaying your husband being the president into book deals and crap, do us all a favor and fade into the background and enjoy all your money like the rest of the former first ladies.

[ionel]

20 minutes ago, ThreePointTakedown said:

who undoubtedly had more privilege than this women had

She went to Princeton and Harvard.  What is this privilege you talk about.  

[ThreePointTakedown]

2 hours ago, wrestlingguy said:

Michelle Obama just trying to stay relevant. You made a lot of money parlaying your husband being the president into book deals and crap, do us all a favor and fade into the background and enjoy all your money like the rest of the former first ladies.

You didn’t look up the word irony obviously. You’re whole retort was you trying to stay relevant in a subject you know nothing about. 
Considering her work in the WH was to try to help encourage good/healthy eating and exercise habits for everyone, why would you want her to go away? Stay in the spot light to emphasize those qualities. 
Do you have something else against her that you wouldn’t want someone to remind us to eat healthier? I wonder what that could be.

Have you even thought about it or do you just live on knee jerk reactions? 
If RFKJ wasn’t such a nut job and was actually interested in the health and safety of people I would love for him to shout it from the roof tops if/when he’s out of politics. 
Seems like your dislike is based on something different, thoughts?

[ThreePointTakedown]

1 hour ago, ionel said:

She went to Princeton and Harvard.  What is this privilege you talk about.  

…up to a point. DUH! 
This makes you unserious and dishonest. But as long as you can hand wave away any push back so you don’t have to self reflect. 
 

Prior to that what was her privilege as a black girl/women from Chicago? Born 6 months before anyone in her family had the right to vote. 
Your eye rolling only highlights your privilege in having/needing the interest to take 60seconds to search and understand how difficult people other than you might have/had it. 
 

But I used the P word. So you don’t have to read anymore. You’ve seen enough. 

[ionel]

5 minutes ago, ThreePointTakedown said:

…up to a point. DUH! 
This makes you unserious and dishonest. But as long as you can hand wave away any push back so you don’t have to self reflect. 
 

Prior to that what was her privilege as a black girl/women from Chicago? Born 6 months before anyone in her family had the right to vote. 
Your eye rolling only highlights your privilege in having/needing the interest to take 60seconds to search and understand how difficult people other than you might have/had it. 
 

But I used the P word. So you don’t have to read anymore. You’ve seen enough. 

You were comparing her (not her relatives) to some of us "anonymous poster" on here.  Yes some of us had it pretty tough and without the prviledge and connections for the opportunity of Princeton and Harvard degrees.

[wrestlingguy]

1 hour ago, ThreePointTakedown said:

You didn’t look up the word irony obviously. You’re whole retort was you trying to stay relevant in a subject you know nothing about. 
Considering her work in the WH was to try to help encourage good/healthy eating and exercise habits for everyone, why would you want her to go away? Stay in the spot light to emphasize those qualities. 
Do you have something else against her that you wouldn’t want someone to remind us to eat healthier? I wonder what that could be.

Have you even thought about it or do you just live on knee jerk reactions? 
If RFKJ wasn’t such a nut job and was actually interested in the health and safety of people I would love for him to shout it from the roof tops if/when he’s out of politics. 
Seems like your dislike is based on something different, thoughts?

My opinion. You are biased as fuck. Obviously you are trying to imply I am racist. I am not. I can not like her and think she is a grifter, just like you can worship her for all of her platitudes and meaningless garbage. People like you are exactly why Trump is in office. Clearly dismissive of any opinion you don't agree with because you are left leaning and likely think you are above me and anyone else who thinks differently than you. How many other first ladies try to stay in the spotlight 8 years after their husband was in office, other than Hillary Clinton, because she ran for President? I should add that I think all politicians on both sides should have term limits, especially because the politicians are getting rich off of under the table deals and shady crap from lobbyists that isn't in the best interest of the majority of Americans. I am 100% for term limits and if you think there is a good reason why there should be 45+ year politicians let me know why you think that is a good idea.

Edited 2 hours ago by wrestlingguy

[Caveira]

15 hours ago, ionel said:

Surely she could've gone on food stamps ... think of the children!  

Does he even pay his fair share in taxes.  I pay more than 18%
 

Today, the President released his 2015 federal income tax returns. The President and the First Lady filed their income tax returns jointly and reported adjusted gross income of $436,065. The Obamas paid $81,472 in total tax. The President’s effective federal income tax rate is 18.7 percent.

[nick]

1 hour ago, Caveira said:

Does he even pay his fair share in taxes.  I pay more than 18%
 

Today, the President released his 2015 federal income tax returns. The President and the First Lady filed their income tax returns jointly and reported adjusted gross income of $436,065. The Obamas paid $81,472 in total tax. The President’s effective federal income tax rate is 18.7 percent.

Why should we care?

 

[Caveira]

1 minute ago, nick said:

Why should we care?

 

The wealthy should pay their fair share In taxes.  Lord knows team blue spouts that all the time.