600 thousand was just for the art work .... it screams of post modern etch’a’sketch liberal with a box of crayola’s fine art ......
At the bottom of the article it says all of these upgrades (since Jackie’s day) are paid for by the White House Historical Association which takes donations from private and corporate sponsors. Plus a little bit of money from what it makes selling books and stuff. So at least it isn’t tax-payer money.
Still though, I think it is important to get the price out there - these presidents and other leaders in Washington - most of them are not like the common voter - as much as they would like to portray that they are.
There was a thread with a youtube link with some guy out on the street with a poster with photos of four huge mansions on them and their prices (2 to 18 million range). Then the people on the street had to fit the candidate to the mansion. Trump, Rubio and Jeb Bush came up a lot.
When told they had ALL been lived in by Hillary the reaction was priceless. Some could not believe it. Others were saying it changed their views on her and they probably wouldn’t vote for her.
Although 2 million really is barely enough of a house. I mean, if it takes $600,000 for the furnishings for just one room!