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In reply to the discussion: OK -- I need to know. Exactly how are the FLOTUS travel and wardrobe paid for? [View all]pnwmom
(108,973 posts)68. By the Obama's. Since they're required to fly on this aircraft
for national security reasons, they pay at a reduced rate.
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OK -- I need to know. Exactly how are the FLOTUS travel and wardrobe paid for? [View all]
CatWoman
Jul 2012
OP
There's no comparison. The issue isn't how either Obama or Romney spends his money.
pnwmom
Jul 2012
#24
What did you read? OH that's right, you don't post information you just insist.
slampoet
Jul 2012
#92
No, that's your specialty. You tell people to search through whole threads instead
pnwmom
Jul 2012
#93
You're dead wrong. She gets them donated by designers. Just like the last 4 first ladies.
slampoet
Jul 2012
#58
If I remember correctly. Flotus pays for her clothes herself unless their gifts from designers.
vaberella
Jul 2012
#2
Designers flood her staff in hopes she will wear one of their designs. They do it all of the time
monmouth
Jul 2012
#3
none of the dresses worn to the oscars are paid for. the advetisement the designer gets by being sh
robinlynne
Jul 2012
#46
Did she steal it? Did she lie and say she never spends more than $100 on an outfit?
spooky3
Jul 2012
#5
How utterly ridiculous. Laura Bush and Michelle Obama = First Ladies. Ann Romney=Mitt's wife.
Tarheel_Dem
Jul 2012
#59
Besides, the Obamas are millionaires and they didn't put anyone out of work to get that way
CatWoman
Jul 2012
#18
no famous poeple who appear in magazines have to pay for their clothing. The more magazine
robinlynne
Jul 2012
#47
The meme is: Dems are hypocrites if they don't give all their money to the poor.
aquart
Jul 2012
#35
I suppose that every other FLOTUS got their clothes at Goodwill or Penny's. How much did Laura
appleannie1
Jul 2012
#55
I think she looks fabulous. Just fab. She is representing the United States at the Palace.
southernyankeebelle
Jul 2012
#76
I'll bet most of the state-function clothing gets donated eventually, so it's money well spent.
patrice
Jul 2012
#78
I seem to recall that Nancy Reagan often wore gowns donated for the occasion.
left is right
Jul 2012
#79
The right wing HATES that our first lady smashes their sterotype of the black woman.
JoePhilly
Jul 2012
#86
I was just a kid at the time, but wasn't Nancy Reagan something of a clothes horse??
GreenPartyVoter
Jul 2012
#87