45 Million dollor party?

[Bill Barber]

The cost of obamas inaugaration, a one night doo:wacko:

Must be the wine.

 

[Rodger Tellefson]

A lot of bubbly wine to go along with the tradition of the one night doo.

 

[Jake Levin]

Actually, they are talking about it being more like 150 Million....

 

[Nelson Atwell]

Ridiculous! With the government spending billions to bailout major banks and companies, this money should be kept for a rainy day (like today). There is no reason why the inauguration couldn't have been held right in the oval office with a few key people present and one camera for the news organizations to document the ceremony.

 

[Shaun Tucker]

thats is INSANE!! No wonder our society is so F'd up right now.



45 million to sign in the president. Wow....I think Canada spends like $15 to swear in the prime minister. :lol:

 

[TrainTrac]

To be fair, it's not all taxpayer funded. A lot of the $$$ is coming from private donations.

 

[Bill V]

Think of all that money as an economic stimulus package.... :lol:

 

[Keola P]

I guess there's a price to pay for the most historic inauguration thus far in US history. Scalpers are asking for ridiculous amounts of $$$ for tickets from what I hear, and people are paying....

 

[Bill Barber]

This will indeed be an interesting transition, heard MR O on the radio today, promising this and that, creating new jobs, stimulating the economy, re-building americas infrasturucture

am a betting man myself, I bet he will not pull it off in the next 4 yrs.

This nations(and the entire worlds) problems are far to complex for a nyeophyte with very little experiance to contend with, am not saying the sky is falling.

All Obama is doing at this point is trying to pacify. I think he will fall on his face, JMO

 

[Axel Deneselya]

I drove through dc this week, Obamas picture is all over buildings, looking down on you. reminds me of the nazi's sorry for the obama fanboys but that is what it felt like.

 

[Richard L]

I don't believe any of the stories of what the inaguration will cost, since that information is usually not released and the reporters are only speculating. That's why they are quoting cost that range from $45M to $150M.



Also, since nearly every politician in the country will be attending the various parties, the security in Washington has got to be very tight and very expensive. I is not just the Secret Service and the DC police, their are probably thousands of security people from outside the DC area that were called in, checked out and the governement is footing the bill for their expenses.



Lastly, many of the parties are paid for by private sources and the government only pays for one inaguration party for Obama. The major cost is for security not for champaign and caviar, although I sure a lot of that will be flowing.



...Rich

 

[Bill Barber]

So Rich' might you think that it is possible that we the tax payers may at a minimum, may be liable for at the minimum,A 45 Mil party?

 

[Nelson Atwell]

We're paying for Russian caviar and French champagne? One day we'll have another President like Teddy Roosevelt. At that inauguration maybe they will serve beef brisket and cold beer, both from the good ole USA.