Charlie Spiering reports remarks from First Lady Michelle Obama:
"See, I loved that Barack was so committed to serving others that he turned down high-paying jobs, and instead started his career fighting to get folks back to work in struggling communities. I respected that."
These comments are reminiscent of what she said back in 2008:
We left corporate America, which is a lot of what we’re asking young people to do. Don’t go into corporate America. You know, become teachers. Work for the community. Be social workers. Be a nurse. Those are the careers that we need, and we’re encouraging our young people to do that.
Her attitude is part of the problem in America today. We have a whole elite "helping class" that either can't or won't acknowledge the very important contributions made to this country by corporate America, and consider themselves to have a monopoly on civic virtue.
There's nothing wrong with having a "high-paying job." There's nothing wrong with being part of "corporate America." In fact, the people in corporate America -- most of the time with the high-paying jobs -- are the ones who not only subsidize the people who work for the "community" with their tax dollars and charitable donations . . . they also HIRE other people so that they can be independent and not need a government salary or subsidy.
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So when are the Obamas going to start appreciating the job creators in corporate America, rather than denigrating them and their importance?
To paraphrase an old joke: Obviously, Michelle and Barack Obama loooove people without high-paying jobs (or any jobs at all). That's why they've made so many of them over the last three-and-a-half years.
Sources:
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/223808/michelles-struggle/byron-york
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