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Big Muddy rancher

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alice wrote:
Also, that entire amount, $150 million, is not what the taxpayers are being billed.

Here's an estimated breakdown...

$150-170 million -- Estimated cost of entire inauguration activities, from the parades and galas to the port-a-potties and streamers.

$45 million (or more) -- Budget of Presidential Inaugural Committee. The committee is a bipartisan team created in November to organize the inaugural festivities.

All of this money comes from private donations. The committee does not accept money from corporations or lobbyists and individual donors cannot give more than $50,000. (In past inaugurations, contributions could run as high as $250,000.)

The Presidential Inaugural Committee is responsible for Tuesday's inaugural parade, the 10 official inaugural balls and Sunday's concert at the Lincoln Memorial. The committee also paid the Smithsonian $700,000 to stay open longer during the activities.

$49 million -- Total cost of inauguration to the federal government (according to the Office of Management and Budget.) This includes a $15 million appropriation to the District of Columbia to help pay for the inauguration expenses and to pay for Secret Service during the inaugural ceremony and military personnel for the parade following the swearing-in.

$75 million -- Estimated cost in a letter to the federal government from the governors of Virginia and Maryland and the mayor of the District of Columbia for transportation and law enforcement. D.C. figures it's share will be $47 million. This number would be addition to the $49 million the federal government is spending.

Last Tuesday, President Bush declared a state of emergency for the District of Columbia, making more funding available for "emergency protective measures that are undertaken to save lives and protect public health and safety."

$3.5 million -- Construction of platform in front of the Capitol for Tuesday's ceremony and rental of chairs. This comes from the Department of the Architect of the Capitol.

$1.2 million -- Cost of Tuesday's swearing-in ceremony and luncheon. This was budged by the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies.



Alice I brought the whole thing forward so you can show me the error of my ways. it says tota l cost $150 to $170 million.

$45 millions from donations.

$49 million Total cost of the inauguration to federal gov.

$75 million Virgina , Maryland and DC. Who pay this.

$3.5 Department of the Architect of the Capital Fed

$1.2 Joint congressional committee FED.

That comes to $128 million of some taxpayers money and $45 million in donations.

Is that right?
 

alice

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http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/120905/inaugural_numbers:_the_truth_behind_inauguration_costs/

I'm not going to get into an asinine, inane back and forth. This is all I intend to offer. It is what I find to be credible and sensible and just plain correct.

Alice
 

aplusmnt

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alice said:
I'm not going to get into an asinine, inane back and forth.

:lol: When debate of facts are presented you always turn to the fluff, when it becomes facts time then you are ready to get out of the discussion. Maybe we should call you the drive by poster :roll:
 

alice

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aplusmnt said:
alice said:
I'm not going to get into an asinine, inane back and forth.

:lol: When debate of facts are presented you always turn to the fluff, when it becomes facts time then you are ready to get out of the discussion. Maybe we should call you the drive by poster :roll:

You can call me any little old thing you want to, Mr. Phi Beta Kappa wannabe. Really makes me no nevermind.

Oh, you forgot to include the information I gathered and posted. Guess you were in too big a hurry to make your fluffy remark. You're so funny...

Alice
 

Big Muddy rancher

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alice said:
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/120905/inaugural_numbers:_the_truth_behind_inauguration_costs/

I'm not going to get into an asinine, inane back and forth. This is all I intend to offer. It is what I find to be credible and sensible and just plain correct.

Alice


So since Bush did it wrong according to Liberal media it is fine for Obama. Is that it.

We have had how Obama was going to heal the planet and save the US and the world from financial ruin. How by letting them eat cake. Why not lead by example. Show the world that you mean business.
 

MYT Farms

Well-known member
Big Muddy rancher said:
alice said:
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/120905/inaugural_numbers:_the_truth_behind_inauguration_costs/

I'm not going to get into an asinine, inane back and forth. This is all I intend to offer. It is what I find to be credible and sensible and just plain correct.

Alice


So since Bush did it wrong according to Liberal media it is fine for Obama. Is that it.

We have had how Obama was going to heal the planet and save the US and the world from financial ruin. How by letting them eat cake. Why not lead by example. Show the world that you mean business.

Wow, BMR, I had no idea you felt so strongly. Many people in other countries LOVE, and I do mean LOVE, Obama. Take, for example, my mom and sister's trip to Germany and Austria. Over there, in a socialist minded country, he is up on a high pedestal. People can't get enough. I just pray, as much as I think of him, that he really does do everything promised and lives up to the world-wide excitement he has generated. I have a sneaking suspicion he won't, but miracles can still happen.
 

Tam

Well-known member
MYT Farms said:
Big Muddy rancher said:
alice said:
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/120905/inaugural_numbers:_the_truth_behind_inauguration_costs/

I'm not going to get into an asinine, inane back and forth. This is all I intend to offer. It is what I find to be credible and sensible and just plain correct.

Alice


So since Bush did it wrong according to Liberal media it is fine for Obama. Is that it.

We have had how Obama was going to heal the planet and save the US and the world from financial ruin. How by letting them eat cake. Why not lead by example. Show the world that you mean business.

Wow, BMR, I had no idea you felt so strongly. Many people in other countries LOVE, and I do mean LOVE, Obama. Take, for example, my mom and sister's trip to Germany and Austria. Over there, in a socialist minded country, he is up on a high pedestal. People can't get enough. I just pray, as much as I think of him, that he really does do everything promised and lives up to the world-wide excitement he has generated. I have a sneaking suspicion he won't, but miracles can still happen.

I was listening to Canadian radio the other day and the guy was talking about Obama. He was not to happy about the fact that even when Canadian reporters ask about the change the US president has promised they get called Racist and Bigots by people right here in Canada. He didn't care what color his skin was he wanted to know about all of Obama's promised Changes. But it didn't matter he was tag a racist just for daring to ask a question about the anointed one. His words not mine. Then he commented about the cult like attitude some have towards Obama.

BTW be care of hoping Obama does everything he has promised. As he has promised Universal Health care. It may sound good from the outside looking in but from the inside looking out it is not so rosey. Our publicly funded health care has huge problems starting with a shortage of docters. Why, because we can't afford to offer the Docters what other countries offer them. We have waiting list for even the most important these like cancer treatment. In Sask there is a 22 month long waiting list for MRI's. A study showed where some have to wait 4 hours in an emergency room to even see a docter. A friend of ours died in the waiting room of a hospital while waiting to see a doctor. Our Daughter broke her arm when she was young and she laid in the hospital for a day and a half on morphine before she had surgery to put a plate in. God only knows how long she would have had to wait if our family docter and friend hadn't have started yelling at the operating staff and nurses. The nurse that came into her room to get her noticed I was upset and said with a smile on her face If you think you are mad you should see your docter.
If you live in our area and are pregnant you have to drive over 100 miles to have it delivered. Women having troubles sometimes loose the baby due to the fact no hospital around us will even take them in.
If you leave the province to get the treatment you need and can't get in Province in a timely manner You also may be flipping the bill. A neighbor of ours was bucked off his horse and his brother was sure he was a goner He called the closest Ambulance he could which happen to be from the States. The hurt brother came out OK but he also paid the bill himself as the Sask government saw it as he left the province to recieve treatment. Another neighbor was a few miles north of the border in his tractor when a friend noticed something was wrong. the friend got the tractor stopped and the man was slumped over the steering wheel with an apparent Heart attack. The friend took the guy to the nearest hospital which again was in the US. The guy survived the heart attack because of the quik actions of his friend but he also had to pay the hospital bill because he left the province to recieve treatment. If any of the snow birds (those that go south for the winter) get sick they have to fly back to their home province or pay the bill themselves.
As we saying in Sask "Yes we have a wellness plan in our Province it is Stay well or DIE." :x
You might wonder what our publicly funded health care system cost us in money not lives. Canada's healthcare spending was expected to reach $171.9 billion in 2008 or $5,170 per person. Can you imagine what that figure will be in the US. :shock:

Oh and BTW that coverage in alot of cases. does not include in province Precription drugs, eyes, teeth, crutches, or Ambulance rides that is all extra. :wink:

So be careful what you wish for Just a warning OK.
 

MYT Farms

Well-known member
Tam said:
MYT Farms said:
Big Muddy rancher said:
So since Bush did it wrong according to Liberal media it is fine for Obama. Is that it.

We have had how Obama was going to heal the planet and save the US and the world from financial ruin. How by letting them eat cake. Why not lead by example. Show the world that you mean business.

Wow, BMR, I had no idea you felt so strongly. Many people in other countries LOVE, and I do mean LOVE, Obama. Take, for example, my mom and sister's trip to Germany and Austria. Over there, in a socialist minded country, he is up on a high pedestal. People can't get enough. I just pray, as much as I think of him, that he really does do everything promised and lives up to the world-wide excitement he has generated. I have a sneaking suspicion he won't, but miracles can still happen.

I was listening to Canadian radio the other day and the guy was talking about Obama. He was not to happy about the fact that even when Canadian reporters ask about the change the US president has promised they get called Racist and Bigots by people right here in Canada. He didn't care what color his skin was he wanted to know about all of Obama's promised Changes. But it didn't matter he was tag a racist just for daring to ask a question about the anointed one. His words not mine. Then he commented about the cult like attitude some have towards Obama.

BTW be care of hoping Obama does everything he has promised. As he has promised Universal Health care. It may sound good from the outside looking in but from the inside looking out it is not so rosey. Our publicly funded health care has huge problems starting with a shortage of docters. Why, because we can't afford to offer the Docters what other countries offer them. We have waiting list for even the most important these like cancer treatment. In Sask there is a 22 month long waiting list for MRI's. A study showed where some have to wait 4 hours in an emergency room to even see a docter. A friend of ours died in the waiting room of a hospital while waiting to see a doctor. Our Daughter broke her arm when she was young and she laid in the hospital for a day and a half on morphine before she had surgery to put a plate in. God only knows how long she would have had to wait if our family docter and friend hadn't have started yelling at the operating staff and nurses. The nurse that came into her room to get her noticed I was upset and said with a smile on her face If you think you are mad you should see your docter.
If you live in our area and are pregnant you have to drive over 100 miles to have it delivered. Women having troubles sometimes loose the baby due to the fact no hospital around us will even take them in.
If you leave the province to get the treatment you need and can't get in Province in a timely manner You also may be flipping the bill. A neighbor of ours was bucked off his horse and his brother was sure he was a goner He called the closest Ambulance he could which happen to be from the States. The hurt brother came out OK but he also paid the bill himself as the Sask government saw it as he left the province to recieve treatment. Another neighbor was a few miles north of the border in his tractor when a friend noticed something was wrong. the friend got the tractor stopped and the man was slumped over the steering wheel with an apparent Heart attack. The friend took the guy to the nearest hospital which again was in the US. The guy survived the heart attack because of the quik actions of his friend but he also had to pay the hospital bill because he left the province to recieve treatment. If any of the snow birds (those that go south for the winter) get sick they have to fly back to their home province or pay the bill themselves.
As we saying in Sask "Yes we have a wellness plan in our Province it is Stay well or DIE." :x
You might wonder what our publicly funded health care system cost us in money not lives. Canada's healthcare spending was expected to reach $171.9 billion in 2008 or $5,170 per person. Can you imagine what that figure will be in the US. :shock:

Oh and BTW that coverage in alot of cases. does not include in province Precription drugs, eyes, teeth, crutches, or Ambulance rides that is all extra. :wink:

So be careful what you wish for Just a warning OK.

Ya, well, I didn't say I agreed with what all he wanted to bring. I just hope he doesn't fail as miserably as I think he will. :D National Health care, becoming a socialist country, and all that jazz I could do without, thank you.
 
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