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Originally Posted by Kadath
Yeah, this does seem like politics as usual, and not any particular new outrage by the Bush Administration. I would say if you wanted to counterpoint the $40 million spent on celebration against anything, it would be the poverty in which some people in America are living, to say nothing of the rest of the world, but that's just the little socialist who pops on my shoulder from time to time. I also agree with supermikey about Indiana; many states are in large debt and having to cut back on social services, transportation, and even school to make ends meet, so I hope the politicians are at least making token efforts to trim the fat and tighten their belts, but, again; politics as usual.
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i was thinking the same thing... most of these inaugural balls are going to be in big cities, in downtown areas... where right around the corner will be the homeles... well, i guess not since in many cities the police round up these individuals before big events like this.
i think that saying "we've done this in the past, so we're going to continue the tradition" is a poor excuse at best. if the president were truly thinking about the american people first (remember, in the debates he claimed to wake up and think about how best to protect the american people), wouldn't he have this money saved. even if large corporations and private donors pony up the money, re-invest it in some way, shape, or form. we already know the financial bind we're in, it would seem to be a good move for the president just to say "we need to be fiscally sound, and scrapping these events is the first step."
but alas, we all know that won't happen. i can only hope that the cost stays as low as possible, lol.