$30 - $40 Million of our tax money for this jerk's inauguration!

[LiberalinNC]

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/12/15/politics/main661255.shtml

We can't help out our soldiers w/ proper armor, but we can sure as hell pay for millions for a jack-asses party!?!

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

1. I would complain, but that's pretty standard issue.

And it's also somewhat necessary. It's a prestige type thing. The only part that bothers me is that it's for Bush.

[whosinpower]

2. 55 million people did NOT hire him

They should all deduct one dollar off their taxes in protest.

[Nikepallas]

3. That's crazy we must give the King his ceramony !

seriously that's crazy. If he was anything like a good man he claimed himself to be he should suggest that half the balls be cancelled so that the money could go to the troops. Scale it down a whole bunch.

[rkc3]

4. Good thing he's a fiscal conservative. Kerry's inauguration would have

cost us $200 million.

End of sarcasm.

[catgirl]

5. Can we vote on this?

Just kidding, like that wouldn't be rigged.

[cali]

6. The article states that the money is being raised privately

Of course it also mentions that the 30 to 40 million doesn't include security, which we will pay for. Still, your thread title is misleading. You should fix it.

[grumpy old fart]

7. It's all private money.....well except for security etc...

So not much to whine about on that score anyway.

[BRLIB]

8. If Halliburton gives, say, $5 million,

is that really private money?

[Gothmog]

9. Private money

However, there will be participation by the military and a large security bill that the tax payers will eat.

[AllegroRondo]

10. How much Vehicle Armor could that buy?

[Leilani]

11. It's private money.

A more relevant point is why are they having this extravaganza during war time?

FDR canceled his parties.

[hatrack]

12. Well, that's just a litle more than half of the Clinton Cock-Hunt totals

And at least this won't take seven years.

[Nederland]

13. Pretty Standard

Clinton's inauguration cost $29.6 million.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A48775-2001Jan25¬Found=true