Barack Obama Spreading the Wealth Around With $150 Million Inauguration – Most Expensive in History
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Treasury Secretary-designate Timothy Geithner looks on at left as President-elect Barack Obama meets with members of his economic team at his transition office in Washington. Geithner, President-elect Barack Obama’s choice to run the Treasury Department and lead the economic rescue effort disclosed to senators Tuesday that he failed to pay $34,000 in taxes from 2001 to 2004, a last-minute complication in an otherwise smooth path to confirmation
Or is Obama merely following through on what he said to “Joe the Plumber” – he is spreading the wealth around.
Barack Obama’s inauguration is set to cost more than £100m making it the most expensive swearing-in ceremony in US history.
The President-elect will take less than a minute to recite the oath of office in front of an estimated two million people in the US capital next week.
But by the time the final dance has been held at one of the many inaugural balls the costs for the day will be a staggering £110m.
So many people are expected in the U.S. capital that President Bush declared a state of emergency.
In doing so he paves the way for unlimited funding to be released to those local authorities responsible for staging the event.
Obama is talking about $ Trillion deficits for the foreseeable future. Another $200 million for his inauguration is a drop in the bucket – especially if Geithner pays his back taxes.
Inflation here we come.
Update:
“The One” in this video tells us the inauguration is all about US and not him.
Right……
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