On Sat, 31 Jan 2009 12:13:29 -0500, Nancy Young wrote:

> blake murphy wrote:
>> On Sat, 31 Jan 2009 09:05:41 -0500, Nancy Young wrote:
>
>>> Doesn't bother me. He's making less than any corporate
>>> executive around, I don't have a problem with one of the percs
>>> being not getting a bill for food. How about an expense account,
>>> anything above that, he pays. Regardless, I personally find it
>>> somewhat laughable to bill the family for their food like they're
>>> hotel guests or something, obviously YMMV.
>
>> it's not like any recent white house occupants were hurting for money.
>> well, maybe clinton and carter. and jerry ford.
>
> Oh, where's my violin? The Clintons hurting for money?

not now, but they weren't rich when they got to the white house. they both
made some pretty good dough from the books they wrote.

>> yikes, i guess that's half of them.
>
> It's not the money, I'm sure none of them had to pass
> up any meals because they couldn't afford it.
>
> nancy

no, not that they were missing meals, but they were probably still at a
point where they had to watch the dollars, unlike, say, the reagans and
bushes i and ii.

your pal,
blake