Posted on 01/20/2010 5:32:54 PM PST by kristinn
President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama donated $15,000 today to the Haiti relief efforts, the White House confirms.
The donation came from their personal bank account, a check written to the Clinton-Bush Haiti fund.
“The President and First Lady have been inspired by the way that millions of Americans have responded with tremendous generosity to the Haiti crisis – even in these tough economic times,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest says, “So, today, they sent their own check for $15,000 to the Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund to support the ongoing relief efforts in that country.”
The Clinton-Bush Haiti fund was launched on Friday – in a joint effort by former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, prompted by the president asking the two to help get Americans involved in relief efforts. As of today the fund has received more than 126,000 contributions for relief and recovery efforts.
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What the heck? That money comes from the taxpayers anyway.
Why doesn’t he donate his Nobel Prize money? That was a million dollars, right?
Well, so what? I mean, I gave $50 for relief in Haiti, but just spent over $1,000 for a week’s vacation. Does that make me a bad person or something? Seems like a fairly generous donation to me.
What did they do with the Nobel Peace prize money? What was that 1.2M?
Hmmm.... good idea...
Democrats are notorious for feeble charitable donations- tas deductible or not.
Gore got that spotlighted when he ws in office with Clinton.
BTW- it is traditional for Presidents to release their income tax returns.
Any bets that The One breaks that tradition?
Or is it law?
I believe in 2009, 0bama made about $1-3m
$15,000 is next to nothing within such incomes (which stretch further when you realize they don’t pay for their own expenses)
After it’s paid to him, it becomes his salary to do with as he pleases. I think $15,000 is cheap of him but it is his money.
My dad is a pastor. I grew up hearing things like “Oh that new dress THE CHURCH bought you is so pretty”. The church didn’t buy it for me. They paid my dad his salary which he earned ten times over and my dad bought the dress.
My husband is a pastor now and I am still dealing with this. I felt guilty and embarassed when we bought a new van (well new to us) this summer. It it a 2001 with 80,000 miles on it. No one in our church has ever made me feel that way but old habits die hard.
Yes the taxpayers pay his salary but that doesn’t mean the donation was FROM the taxpayers. I have many many reasons to dislike this man but that isn’t one of them.
Rant off. :)
“What the heck? That money comes from the taxpayers anyway.”
You can bet it is TART $. He can’t give his own brother $20, why would we believe he gave this amount?
The $15,000 is legit and from the Obama paycheck. He won’t dare play games with this because his tax return will be published
I seriously doubt that the $40,000 rent for the Obama Hawaii vacation house will be paid by them. This will be paid by US taxpayers or at worst the Democrats will raise money for it
Bottom line is the $15,000 for Haitian relief is in line with generous giving and beyond criticism. IMHO
What a turd. Keep shining Barry, keep shining. Btw how does it feel when the bluest of blue states (home to the Kennedy’s for God’s sake) says: “FUBO”?
Sorry, I don’t fault the guy.
$15K is pretty generous no matter how much you make.
When is FEMA sending in the ATM machines and cards for the victims?
He’s set for life via speaking fees.
The point is, it’s not much to give out of abundance presently owned, and guaranteed down the road.
It’s paltry for him, but it betrays how poor he really is after “20 years” in Jeremiah Wright’s “church”.
I sure do.
This communist son of a whore has just unleashed close to 2 TRILLION DOLLARS in deficit spending on the people that actually PAY TAXES (that would be the ones the DID NOT VOTE FOR HIM).
This is PURE PR and quite frankly I find it embarrassing that anyone on this forum would fall for it.
A REAL POTUS WOULD NOT PUBLICIZE HIS PERSONAL DONATION.
The sheeple like bright shiny objects and are easily distracted.
Why are people donating? I understand that it's from the heart and helping out in times of emergency. But, the Haitians will be brought over here and we will be paying for them anyway. So it's like giving double...as if we can afford it.
The obamas could have given more. Considering how much they make, $7,500 per adult is not much.
I'm with you, Y. If that was his money on the holiday or donation, good for them. I'd sound like a "woe is me" liberal to complain about "rich people".
Now if that was all money he fleeced from campaign contributions, he deserves our rath
BTW, YYZ sounds very "hog town" to me.
The Bible teaches Christians to give without fanfare, quietly, privately. In essence, charitable giving should be known softly between the giver and God, and the gift should be given joyfully, eminating from the one’s soul. Perhaps our elected leader missed that lesson at the feet of Rev Jeremiah Wright.
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