On Sat, 31 Jan 2009 08:56:29 -0500, Goomba >
wrote:

>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*.

I can see Barack raiding the fridge for a midnight snack and leaving a
note for the chef saying "bill the president for a glass of milk and a
piece of cake."

>Do we know he doesn't get an allowance for certain expenses?

I have no idea that they get but I'd sure rather pay for the
presidents food than send stimulus checks to people who don't pay
taxes.

Lou