Lou Decruss wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:16:40 -0500, "Nancy Young"
> > wrote:
>
>> Goomba wrote:
>>> Nancy Young wrote:
>>>
>>>> What's amusing to me is that the President and family have to pay for
>>>> their own food.
>>> Why is that amusing? You and I pay for ours.
>> I pay for my housing, too, but he gets to stay for free.
>> Seems silly to me (pickayune) to be presenting a bill for
>> the leader of the nation like he's ordering room service.
>> No skin off my teeth, but I wouldn't be charging for food
>> if it was up to me.
>
> I have no idea how they are charged for it but it does sound silly. I
> wonder if they pay their own dry cleaning bill? Do they tip the
> gardeners? Can they use these things as tax deductions? It's mind
> boggling.
>
> Lou

I know they pay for the travel costs of their family members (or used
to) and that seems reasonable to me, as does paying their own grocery
bill when dining *privately*.
Do we know he doesn't get an allowance for certain expenses?