Do you think our tax money is paying for the white house garden?

who do you think is paying for the new white house garden. Her little garden is not that cheap.

We are of course.
In the meantime – I won’t be able to purchase my usual amount of vegetables and flowers. I can’t afford them anymore.
I’ll bet Paterson wants to put a Value Added Tax on THOSE now.

Yewbarrow House Garden July 2011

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