When you’re speaking to people who are really struggling – it probably isn’t wise to mention that you spent your stimulus check to buy a pair of $600 earrings. That amount can feed a family, buy new school clothes or buy a gas card. I can’t feel too sorry for a family that spends $10K for children’s summer camp. Who’s out of touch???
From Amanda Carptenter http://www.townhall.com/Columnists/AmandaCarpenter/2008/07/15/michelle_obamas_$600_earrings
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s wife, Michelle, complained the government’s $600 economic stimulus check was only enough to buy “a pair of earrings” while stumping for her husband.
“You’re getting $600 – what can you do with that?” Mrs. Obama said in Pontiac, Michigan last week. “Not to be ungrateful or anything, but maybe it pays down a bill, but it doesn’t pay down every bill every month. The short-term quick fix kinda stuff sounds good, and it may even feel good that first month when you get that check, and then you go out and you buy a pair of earrings.”
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