Obama: Michelle and I "got poor together"

  Fox Nation, quoting Barack Obama:

President Obama, in an attempt to court college students during an official event in Chapel Hill, NC, said the following:"Michelle and I we've been in your shoes. Like I said, we didn't come from wealthy families" 

"Now check this out, I'm the President of the United States...We only finished paying off our student loans about 8 years ago. 

Obama on young folks with student debt: "I didn't just read about this...when we married...we added up our assets and there were no assets"

  The Tax Prof, Barack Obama's income. Note the year 2004, when they were making a mere $207,000.

Jodi Kantor, The Obamas:

Even the president made uncomfortable jokes about why his wife needed so many things. Behind the scenes, aides said, the Obamas were concerned about money: the president’s books could only sell so many copies, and it would be years until he could write more and the first lady could write her own. From vacation rental homes big enough to accommodate the Secret Service to all the personal entertaining they did at the White House, their lifestyle had grown fearsomely expensive.

  Jim Geraghty, NRO Campaign Spot:

President and Michelle Obama’s combined adjusted gross income in 2009: $5,505,409.
President and Michelle Obama’s combined income in 2010: $1,728,096.
President and Michelle Obama’s combined income in 2011: $789,674.
The Obamas’ combined adjusted gross income for 2008, their last year before moving into the White House, was $2,656,902. 

    Obviously, these people have suffered. They can relate to the...99%. 
    A college student writes:

Paul Bedard of the Washington Examiner reported in his column, February 21, 2012, that the Obama’s had taken 16 extended vacations since he took office. The Obama Hawaii Christmas vacation cost the taxpayer $4 million. His wife spent $10,000 a night while vacationing in Spain. On President’s Day she and her two daughters went on a Vale ski trip. This is all funded by the taxpayer. It would not be an issue if Obama was paying for them out of his own pocket; however, it is on the taxpayer. Obama and his wife are living the highlife and we are paying for it. 

It is not just the vacations and golf trips; it is the elaborate parties he throws at the White House. Every Wednesday night there is an outrageous party with all the trimmings and celebrity guests and the taxpayer is funding it.

When I have to sacrifice just to make ends meet, I find it utterly offensive that this president can flaunt his excursions and lavish lifestyle that is being paid for by us. 

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