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Date Posted: 12:37:59 01/25/05 Tue
Author: Shane
Subject: Re: An assessment of lavish parties and exorbident spending
In reply to: PECAS 's message, "An assessment of lavish parties and exorbident spending" on 10:57:49 01/25/05 Tue

Pecas, your right. The inauguration should be lavish, it is special time for our country. How wonderful is a peaceful transfer of power!(Although in this case the incumbent won)There are alot of people who just simply hate Bush. No matter what Bush does they will find something wrong.

>First, the inauguration parties were privately funded.
> People chose to donate to P. Bush's inauguration,
>just as they chose to donate to his election campaign.
> Perhaps the donations were because they support Bush
>or perhaps they receive some benefits from the Bush
>Administration. I suspect the later in most cases.
>
>Second, no matter when a President is inaugurated or
>from wich party he is affiliated, much money will be
>spent by wealthy supporters of the President and the
>political party to celebrate the victory. That is
>their freedom as Americans. Assuming the money is
>legally obtained, we have the right to despense with
>it in any legal manner we see fit. It is a valid
>point that the money would be better spent on
>impoverished suffering people throughout the world and
>within the United States. Nevertheless, it is our
>freedom to spent our money as we wish.
>
>Third, this inauguration party is just a drop in the
>bucket. In the USA and throughout the world, wealthy
>people spent ludicrious amounts of money of lavous
>parties lavious possessions to impress each other.
>The totals are in the billions of dollars. It can be
>argued that all of them should put the money toward
>better uses. The inauguration is being criticized
>because it is much more in the public eye and because
>Democrats are angry at about the defeat.
>
>Fourth, many people make their living by serving the
>lavious excessiveness of the wealthy. If this
>extravagence was not done them many florists, chefs,
>gardeners, hair stylists, servers, and cleaners would
>be out of work. If the wealthy decided to stop
>spending lavishly and donate that money to the poor
>the irony is that the florists, chefs, gardeners, hair
>stylists, servers, and cleaners who served the
>lavishness would be in need of those donations.
>
>PECAS

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