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Same old politics, just a different party.

"The price tag for President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration gala is expected to break records, with some estimates reaching as high as $150 million. Despite the bleak economy, however, Democrats who called on President George W. Bush to be frugal four years ago are issuing no such demands now that an inaugural weekend of rock concerts and star-studded parties has begun.'

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090117/ap_on_go_pr_wh/inauguration_spending


Also CNBC just said that over 50% of the actual dirt throwing jobs produced by the infrastructure plan will be filled by illegal aliens. Most of the people out of work either won't get their hands dirty or they have no idea of which end on the shovel goes into the ground. Plus on all these high tech jobs to be produced, we don't have sufficent enough numbers to fill all these high tech jobs America has been dumbing down for to long. The main receiptant of the Infrastruture money will be pencil pushing political hacks (local, state and Fed).

Oh yeah this inauguration will be the largest porta potty event in history. :D

CB
 
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The Presidential Inaugural Committee, which is responsible for the events surrounding the actual ceremony, expects that its budget will run about $45 million, but could edge slightly higher, according to Linda Douglass, spokeswoman for the group.

Among the events sponsored by the committee are Tuesday's inaugural parade and 10 official inaugural balls. It has also paid the Smithsonian Institution $700,000 for its museums to remain open longer and handle the crowds on Inauguration Day.

But the $45 million comes completely from private donations, not the government. The organization is not accepting funds from corporations or lobbyists. In addition to private individual donors, who can give a maximum of $50,000, the committee has been raising money by selling merchandise.
"The President-elect made very clear in the campaign and continued to emphasize that he is committed to ending business as usual and breaking the grip of the special interests," said Douglass.

The ceremony: The Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies has a budget of $1.24 million to pay for the actual swearing-in ceremony, according to spokeswoman Carole Florman.

The ceremony happens directly out in front of the U.S. Capitol. The budget, which is $10,000 less than the budget from the 2005 inauguration, is an appropriation, which means it is federal taxpayer money that has been set aside for the event.

There's room for 240,000 people on the Capitol grounds, but the group expects many more people to stand and watch from areas nearby. The budget also pays for an elaborate and traditional luncheon for 220 people, including the new president, that follows the swearing-in ceremony.

Those 240,000 tickets are free, but they are a hot commodity. So incensed by the trafficking in tickets, committee chairwoman Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., pushed the Senate to pass a bill earlier this week that made it a crime to sell or counterfeit inaugural tickets. The bill provides for a maximum penalty of a $100,000 fine and imprisonment up to a year.

Another $3.5 million was going to cover the actual construction of the platform in front of the Capitol and the rental of the chairs, according to Stephen Ayers, acting Architect of the Capitol.

Furthermore, the U.S. Capitol Police has budgeted $1.5 million to pay for staffing events around the ceremony, according to assistant chief Dan Nichols.

Transportation, security: Once you have the parties and the ceremony, the tab has just started growing. The taxpayers really end up paying for the various law enforcement officials on duty.

The total cost of the inauguration to the federal government is $49 million, according to Abigail Tanner, spokeswoman for the Office of Management and Budget.

That $49 million includes a $15 million appropriation which has already been appropriated to the District of Columbia to help pay for the inauguration expenses. It also includes money to pay for the Secret Service during the inauguration and the military personnel during the parade following the swearing-in ceremony.

Meanwhile, the governors of Virginia and Maryland, and the mayor of Washington sent a letter to the federal government estimating that the inauguration was going to cost them a combined $75 million - $47 million for the District alone - for transportation and law enforcement.

The District may be eligible for more federal money beyond the $15 million appropriated. President Bush announced Tuesday that the District was in a state of emergency, making more funding available for "emergency protective measures that are undertaken to save lives and protect public health and safety."
 
2EASY said:
The Presidential Inaugural Committee, which is responsible for the events surrounding the actual ceremony, expects that its budget will run about $45 million, but could edge slightly higher, according to Linda Douglass, spokeswoman for the group.

But the $45 million comes completely from private donations, not the government. The organization is not accepting funds from corporations or lobbyists. In addition to private individual donors, who can give a maximum of $50,000, the committee has been raising money by selling merchandise.
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All inaugurations, pretty much have all the costs you mentioned and paid for the same folks, just a different party, as spelled out in the link if you took the time to read it. :rolleyes:

My point of view is the hipocrasy of BHO and the DNC not being called on this extravangant spending and being tone deaf with so many folks out of work. What was your point, besides the obvious? Give me a little credit about the funding of these shindigs, I may be just be a good ole country boy, but we do have some horse sense and this hipocrasy just pegged my BS meter. Oh yeah, more job creation in cleaning all those portable outhouse. Thanks for the bolding, I wouldn't want to have over looked the obvious.;)

"The price tag for President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration gala is expected to break records, with some estimates reaching as high as $150 million. Despite the bleak economy, however, Democrats who called on President George W. Bush to be frugal four years ago are issuing no such demands now that an inaugural weekend of rock concerts and star-studded parties has begun.'

It's just politics as usual, just alot more of it and no one likes his ox gored or even admit to it and like the thread title says, " It has started...". lol

CB
 
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Witches swept D.C. clean for Obama ( I kid you not)
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Rev 18:23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.
 
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