"10 inaugural balls and a pre-inaugural welcoming ceremony at the Lincoln Memorial, government funds are used to pay for security-related expenses."
Hope you are happy with it, Amurka; not only are your rights being stripped from you, YOU are PAYING FOR IT! How many mortgages would that have paid off, America?
"Obama inaugural fund a study in transparency" by Brian C. Mooney, Globe Staff | December 26, 2008
.... With less than three weeks until the inauguration, the committee had collected at least $24.3 million toward its goal of $40 million, and 87 percent of that amount is from individual donors who gave either $25,000 or $50,000, according to a Globe analysis of donations listed on the committee's website. The list is studded with captains of commerce and entertainment moguls and stars, including Steven Spielberg and Jamie Foxx....
I'm glad richers are doing so well; now, about those mortgages....
The list is laden with leaders of technology, finance, and real estate development, including Google chief executive Eric Schmidt and five of his lieutenants, who each gave $25,000; and global financier George Soros and four family members, $50,000 apiece....
So Obama's party is going to be FUNDED by GLOBALISTS -- just like his campaign!! So YOU KNOW WHOM he is SERVING, Amurka! This the CHANGE you wanted?
In addition to the privately raised funds to pay for the festivities, which in the case of the Obama inaugural includes 10 inaugural balls and a pre-inaugural welcoming ceremony at the Lincoln Memorial, government funds are used to pay for security-related expenses.
Isn't that GREAT, taxpayers? I say CANCEL the POMPOUS PARTIES and SAVE the MONEY for something else!!!!
In 1997, the government contribution was about $11.7 million for President Bill Clinton's second inauguration, and by 2005, it had soared to $17 million for the second Bush inaugural....
And you will be PAYING EVEN MORE this time, Amurka -- when you can least afford it!
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