Obama's plan to use their own money to renovate the White House, even though they're entitled to 100k taxpayer dollars....

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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. New presidents are allotted $100,000 to overhaul the White House residence and the Oval Office ... But the First Couple isn’t spending that money. 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.

But does this mean they’re going to spend more than $100,000 or less? ... The White House declined to disclose the budget, saying that all expenses would remain private as a result of the Obamas’ decision to absorb the cost.

http://nymag.com/news/intelligencer/55679/

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

[almaty 19]

spot on

[Danno 1,228]

IF he want to pay out of "HIS' pocket, it's no ones business how much he spends.

I just hope he keeps the velvet-posters in the residential wing.

[Nagishkaw 510]

Im touched.

[SuperDuper! 230]

But with all these planned improvements, Obama SWEARS that he will STILL call it the WHITE HOUSE.