Posted on 08/16/2018 8:54:38 AM PDT by Poison Pill
President Donald Trump's military parade is estimated to cost $92 million, according to a U.S. defense official with firsthand knowledge of the assessment.
An earlier estimate pegged the cost at $12 million.
The parade will take place in the nation's capital on Nov. 10 and will feature armored vehicles, aircraft flyovers and period uniforms.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnbc.com ...
“But special uniforms for when our military women are menstruating has to be the most ridiculous.”
Hilarious. Thanks for a good laugh to start my day. :)
They should march on Weasel Muellers office and clean it out.
Costs for aircraft and land vehicles, fuel, and maintenance, again, are already budgeted. Unless they're shipping folks and equipment from all over the U.S., and the world, these numbers are B.S.
Yes! It’s paid for!
Sounds more appropriate for a totalitarian country no matter what the cost.
My question is — can’t we just have a formation from each service march along the route, WITHOUT all the hardware?
“Almost as much as the Mueller investigation.”
Wasn’t that the cost to haul just Michael Robinson’s retinue around the globe on a vacation?
Agree. False estimate...Fake News.
“If true, WHICH ISN’T A GIVEN, I’m becoming very frosty towards this parade.”
I don’t believe the number for a second. The cost is essentially transport cost — and that’s basically fuel and depreciation on the vehicles.
Fuel for the planes, etc.
People feeling patriotic don’t vote Democrat — it’s a proven fact. In fact, American flags in polling places make people more likely to support Republicans.
This is about bringing back pride in the USA -— which Democrats abhor (for reasons political and reasons due to their core beliefs about how horrid the USA is).
Let’s cancel. Security will have to be immense, which is where the added cost is coming from.
92 million that’s only $3 per illegal and Mexico will pay for it!
Parade on!
Hey, its only $2 per abortee, and the Clinton Foundation will pay for it.
Parade on!
I think Trump is doing this to stir up the traitors in this country! They will no doubt fall for it and explain to everyone who cares to listen the real reason why they hate the military, i.e. because they keep them from overthrowing the government!
Dear CNBC, how about how much it costs us to support all these immigrants and ILLEGAL immigrants on Welfare?
Selective counting...
Which is about $90 million less than the fake Russian Witch Hunt. This is designed to bring the country together and the former is meant to tear the country apart. It’s funny that no one even sneezed at the cost of the Witch Hunt.
“If true, WHICH ISN’T A GIVEN, I’m becoming very frosty towards this parade.”
The important thing is to believe THIS Big Media article, because it’s not DIRECTLY related to politics.
Yes, the costs you listed are more realistic. Counting payroll cost for man hours spent in parade is phony. As for cost of moving, nothing the military has (equipment or personnel) sits idle in mothballs. There always are drills, exercises, testing etc going on.
Fakenews
We need this parade, we wan this parade!
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