Obama paid for groceries, toothpaste, toilet paper
WASHINGTON: Being the US president doesn’t necessarily come cheap. In a candid TV interview, former president Barrack Obama said he paid for groceries from toothpaste to toilet papers and dry cleaning from his own pocket. Even the family vacation was **t free.
While the first families don’t have to pay rent at the White House, they are responsible for personal costs. There was ** free lunch or breakfast or dinner for President Barack Obama on any day. It’s a longstanding practice. A president pays for meals for himself, his family and personal guests.
The White House usher's ****** prepares a detailed bill and sends it to the president and a**ther to the first lady each month. It lists all the food and ********* consumed by the first family and personal guests. The president then reimburses the government.