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The President has written personal checks to struggling Americans who wrote him, who knows you maybe one of the lucky ones. lol
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/21/obama-personal-checks_n_1019501.html?ir=Black Voices
Whether it's for PR not it seemed to have worked for him, you can't really get bad publicity by giving out your own money.This comment from the article really stuck out for me:
"If Obama gives money to struggling Americans, Republicans say he does it only for PR-reasons. If he'd refuse to give money to charity they'd say he is heartless. If Obama does right they never recognize it, if Obama does wrong they never forget".
Whether it's for PR not it seemed to have worked for him, you can't really get bad publicity by giving out your own money.