Moody Center
White House Shouldn't Waste Money
RECEIVED Thu., Jan. 8, 2009
Dear Editor,
Let me say first, I don't care who paid for it or how the money was raised. Half a million dollars for another set of china for the White House is simply infuriating. As a country, we do not have the money to waste on such frivolous things. It's not like they were eating off the floor before this purchase. White House Social Secretary Amy Zantzinger said they only had two other 134-person place settings of china. These were the Clinton's and Reagan's (both were undoubtedly overpriced and a waste of money, as well). In mockery, I can understand the need for multiple patterns of dinnerware. Can you imagine the embarrassment of having friends eat on the same dinnerware two times in a row? As it would happen, I have a solution. Costco sells huge packs of plastic dinnerware for a reasonable price. They probably have a couple of different patterns, as well. So, the White House could just use the plates for their state dinners and then throw them away. You know where I'm coming from … saves on cleanup time and dish washing.
I realize that the china has already arrived (it was ordered some time ago). To the Bushes or the Obamas, send it back! Put it on eBay. Whatever. Take that $500,000, and give it to people that have lost their jobs. I'll even find a few for you.
One hundred fifty workers at Koch in Wichita, Kan.; 130 workers at Genworth in Lynchburg, Va.; 48 at Syracuse University, N.Y.; 750 workers with the North Carolina Department of Transportation; 111 workers at Trane factory in Clarksville, Tenn.; 600 at Cytec Industries in West Patterson, N.J.
These are the reports of layoffs in the last 30 minutes on Yahoo! News. Yeah, I think those workers may need the money for food to put on the plates that they use every day.
Let me say first, I don't care who paid for it or how the money was raised. Half a million dollars for another set of china for the White House is simply infuriating. As a country, we do not have the money to waste on such frivolous things. It's not like they were eating off the floor before this purchase. White House Social Secretary Amy Zantzinger said they only had two other 134-person place settings of china. These were the Clinton's and Reagan's (both were undoubtedly overpriced and a waste of money, as well). In mockery, I can understand the need for multiple patterns of dinnerware. Can you imagine the embarrassment of having friends eat on the same dinnerware two times in a row? As it would happen, I have a solution. Costco sells huge packs of plastic dinnerware for a reasonable price. They probably have a couple of different patterns, as well. So, the White House could just use the plates for their state dinners and then throw them away. You know where I'm coming from … saves on cleanup time and dish washing.
I realize that the china has already arrived (it was ordered some time ago). To the Bushes or the Obamas, send it back! Put it on eBay. Whatever. Take that $500,000, and give it to people that have lost their jobs. I'll even find a few for you.
One hundred fifty workers at Koch in Wichita, Kan.; 130 workers at Genworth in Lynchburg, Va.; 48 at Syracuse University, N.Y.; 750 workers with the North Carolina Department of Transportation; 111 workers at Trane factory in Clarksville, Tenn.; 600 at Cytec Industries in West Patterson, N.J.
These are the reports of layoffs in the last 30 minutes on Yahoo! News. Yeah, I think those workers may need the money for food to put on the plates that they use every day.
Steven McCloud