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To: Joiseydude; RobinOfKingston; TommyDale

I don’t have a problem with this. The $160 million isn’t for the parties — those are funded with private donations. The big bill is for big security, and it’s needed. If you think $160 million is a lot of money, just imagine how much would evaporate from the retirement and other investments of US citizens, if President-elect Obama was killed by some nut during the inauguration. The stock market would instantly start plumemting. $160 million would be gone in the first 5 seconds, and then a few trillion would follow. This money paid for security doesn’t evaporate — it’s distributed as paychecks to workers and payments to providers of equipment. A lot of ordinary working people in the DC area will be putting in extra time and enjoying some extra income as a result of this.


43 posted on 01/14/2009 9:34:56 AM PST by GovernmentShrinker
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To: GovernmentShrinker
The $160 million isn’t for the parties — those are funded with private donations.

You cannot prove that. If you think some of $160,000,000 isn't going for things other than security, well, you need to change your nic at the least.

46 posted on 01/14/2009 9:42:00 AM PST by subterfuge (BUILD MORE NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS NOW!!!)
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To: GovernmentShrinker
The big bill is for big security, and it’s needed.

Bullsh*t!

The economy is cartwheeling down range out of control, millions have lost their homes, investments, businesses, and jobs...And this monster government is going to spend hundreds of millions on a GD ceremony?

If this corrupt government had one ounce of responsibility they'd cancel this public parade and inauguration for Obama, due to an economic emergency, and conduct it in a secured environment, indoors, while televising it to the country. Period. No more wasting tax payer money that does not exist in the first place.

This is outrageous. Stop the excuses.

47 posted on 01/14/2009 9:42:34 AM PST by dragnet2
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To: GovernmentShrinker

I have a big problem with it. If he wants to secure Washington, D.C. while he parties, he should do it with private funding. The taxpayers would never vote for spending this much for a stupid, meaningless inauguration.


50 posted on 01/14/2009 9:44:35 AM PST by TommyDale (I) (Never forget the Republicans who voted for illegal immigrant amnesty in 2007!)
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To: GovernmentShrinker
The big bill is for big security, and it’s needed.

Bullsh*t! The economy is cartwheeling down range out of control, millions have lost their homes, investments, businesses, and jobs...And this monster government is going to spend hundreds of millions on a GD ceremony?

If this corrupt government had one ounce of responsibility they'd cancel this public parade and inauguration for Obama, due to an economic emergency, and conduct it in a secured environment, indoors, while televising it to the country. Period. No more wasting tax payer money that does not exist in the first place.

This is outrageous. Stop the excuses.

This is just another example of out of this out of control, irresponsible, corrupt government driving this country to the brink.

53 posted on 01/14/2009 9:51:50 AM PST by dragnet2
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To: GovernmentShrinker
The stock market would instantly start plummeting.

Given the negative effect that Obama has had on financial markets, I predict that they would go up if he were assassinated.

63 posted on 01/14/2009 10:20:52 AM PST by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: GovernmentShrinker

You are correct, the $160 million is for security. That’s easy to fix: no security. Send security to the Mexican border instead.


83 posted on 01/14/2009 4:37:49 PM PST by SisterK (UN Headquarters should relocate to Iran)
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