From an email I received:
Start with:
Michelle Obama was hired at a Chicago Hospital right after her husband was elected to the Illinois Senate for a bit above $100,000. When Obama was elected to the US Senate, her salary was tripled to more than $300,000 after Senator Obama earmarked many millions of dollars for the hospital in his short time in the Senate. During the campaign for President by Obama, Michelle Obama continued to draw her salary even though not there. When inauguration day came -- and went, the hospital eliminated her job. The importance of a $300,000 job can be overstated -- and eliminated.