So what if Michelle Obama carries a $6,000 handbag?  Or if she wears $500 sneakers?  Or if she chooses to send her children to a school that charges more than most colleges do for tuition?  Or if she and her husband go on a date that costs tens of thousands of dollars?  Isn’t that one of the fantastic things about living in the United States?  We get to chose how to spend our money, however frivolous it might seem to others.

However, I do have a problem when those same people want to raise my taxes in order to spread the wealth around.  I have a problem when those people cut voucher programs to poor families that would’ve allowed them the same opportunity of education for their own children.  I have a problem when those people donate paltry sums of their income to charity, while at the same time telling me that it’s patriotic to pay higher taxes.  I have a problem when my electricity bill might double or triple by next summer so that those people invested in the failing green energy companies get richer.

I have a problem when the rich people in this country don’t put their money where their mouth is.  If President Obama is serious about spreading the wealth around, and equality for all, I’ll take him seriously when he stops enjoying the benefit of his hard-earned wealth and learns to live on the $50,000 per year or less than the average American household does.  After all, he shouldn’t expect me to part with my purse/shoe/tuition/date money if he’s not willing to do the same.