If you make more than $129,000 as a single taxpayer, or $191,000 as a married couple filing jointly, you can't make a Roth contribution. But there is a legal loophole. First, you put the money into a traditional IRA. Of course, you won't likely be able to deduct this contribution because of your above-average income.f you make more than $129,000 as a single taxpayer, or $191,000 as a married couple filing jointly, you can't make a Roth contribution. But there is a legal loophole. First, you put the money into a traditional IRA. Of course, you won't likely be able to deduct this contribution because of your above-average income.
Early Life. Michelle Obama was born Michelle LaVaughn Robinson on January 17, 1964, in Chicago, Illinois. She would later become a lawyer, Chicago city administrator, community outreach worker andâas the wife of U.S. President Barack Obamaâthe first African American first lady of the United States.
First Lady Michelle Obamaâs pitch to voters last night relied on the premise that she and her husband understand what it is to struggle to make ends meet. Both Michelle Robinson and Barack Obama began their adult lives with a leg up on the rest of America. They attended elite schools: Michelle went to Whitney Young, the public magnet school for Chicagoâs upper class, while Barack attended Punahou, the private prep school for the top stratum of Hawaiian society.