In addition, if the GD government is so extremely concerned with security, it would appear what was stated post # 77 would be even more appropriate.
The unprecedented act of cancelling the public inauguration ceremony on grounds of “economic emergency” would just be another guaranteed way of sending the financial markets into a panic, and causing financial losses to US taxpayers many time greater than $160 million. Really, this thing has been thought through by rational people, and they are handling it in a rational way. A larger-than-ever crowd of Americans want to exercise their freedom by going to Washington and seeing this traditional Presidential inauguration in person, and the federal government is providing the necessary funding to make sure the best possible security and crowd control measures are in place. Most of the money spent will end up in the hands of relatively low-paid workers, the sort of people who assemble bleachers, move porta-potties, drive buses, etc. These people will then spend their extra earnings, in some cases making a mortgage payment that will keep them out of foreclosure, or making a rent payment that will keep a rental property owner out of foreclosure, or making a purchase that keeps a struggling business owner from having to go out of business or lay off workers. This is not something we should be upset about.