Michelle Obama recently took her youngest daughter to Spain.  The trip is getting a lot of attention especially with the economy not doing so well.  When I first heard this story I didn’t really think too much about it. Yes, it did bother me that it cost $146,000 to fly the Air Force 757 that took Mrs. Obama and her daughter to Spain.  It also bothered me that it costs $95,000 for the Secret Service, but I really wanted to just gloss over this story.  Then I went to downtown Albuquerque to drop off donations to Albuquerque Healthcare for the Homeless and St. Martin’s Hospitality Center.  Seeing people who have very little or nothing made me think that although the first lady is not an elected official, she is someone that some people look up to as an example. She certainly did not set an example by going to Spain.  In her husband’s inaugural address he talked a lot about sacrifice,.  Or course, he meant the American people and not him or his family or his administration for that matter.  While Michelle Obama wants everyone to grow a garden and eat healthier, she jetsetted off to Spain to take her daughter somewhere she always wanted to go.  When I was downtown today, I thought maybe it would have been better for her to take her daughter to Southeast DC.  Instead of an international lesson, she could have given her daughter a domestic lesson.  I have a feeling it would have made a bigger impression than the King and Queen of Spain.