For those who thought Michelle Obama’s self-pitying “every woman I know… is struggling to keep her head above water” was a one-time gaffe, Byron York’s report from her visit to an Ohio day care center sounds like a must-read.

According to the U.S. Census, Muskingum County, where Zanesville is located, had a median household income of $37,192 in 2004, below both the Ohio and national averages. Just 12.2 percent of adults in the county have a bachelor’s degree or higher, also well below the state and national averages. About 20 percent don’t have a high school degree. Nevertheless, Mrs. Obama urged them to foreswear lucrative professions like corporate law or hedge fund management and go into the helping industry, even if the sacrifice is great.

And don’t think you can just opt-out of Michelle Obama’s career management services. Remember, “Barack Obama will require you to work” and “Barack will never allow you to go back to your lives as usual.”