SAY WHAT YOU WANT about President Obama...in 8 years, Bush NEVER did this. [View all]

[Amerigo Vespucci]

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OK...here is the original post. I did not have it memorized or written down elsewhere so I am reconstructing it from memory.

This morning, President Obama held a press conference. There had been a previous request for people to submit their responses, via the White House Website, their answer to the question "How would it affect you to lose $40 a month?"

During the press conference, the President read some of the responses.

One person said that he would have to give up his occasional "pizza nights" with his daughters (twins, aged 16).

Another said $40 represented three nights of heating oil, and if that didn't seem like a lot, "try spending three nights in a house without heat."

Another said that represented gas money for the 200 miles he travels every week to visit his dad in a nursing home. Losing the $40 would mean fewer visits.

A third-grade teacher said she makes regular trips to the store each week to buy pencils and other supplies for her class out of her own pocket.