Obamas Paying for White House Renovations Personally

Obamas Paying for White House Renovations Personally

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At a time when people are having trouble holding on to their houses, Barack and Michelle Obama have sensibly decided not to use taxpayers’ money to renovate theirs.

They “are not using public funds or accepting donations of goods for redecorating their private quarters,” says Camille Johnston, director of communications for the First Lady. Nor is the couple, who reported $4.2 million in household income in 2007 tax returns, using money from the White House Historical Association, a privately funded foundation that paid for a $74,000 set of china shortly before Laura Bush left town.

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[edit on 30-3-2009 by baseball101]

I think this is quite a generous thing to do ... there is some room for a conspiracy here, but who know's ... i didn't even know about the whole laura bush thing ... maybe they could be putting their money towards other things? that's a really selfish statement ... but it's nice to know that they're not wasting the taxpayer's money, which is being stretched very thin ... this is a publicly good thing for them to do, when the rest of the attention is on the bailout's and what not, don't get me wrong i think they are quite important and wrong imo, but i think this was a smart thing for them to do ... what are your thoughts?

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FYI....

Already exists here .

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ahh thanks searched the wrong terms i guess ...

obama redecorating the white house oh god the man has no taste no class whatsoever.

giving gordon brown dvds and not even the correct region
giving the queen of england a freaking ipod.


the man HAS NO CLASS OR TASTE. and is an embarrassment to the us populace.