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Date Posted: 19:15:51 01/26/05 Wed
Author: Joe
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

>Third, this inauguration party is just a drop in the
>bucket.

...

>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.

Precisely. The $40 mil. inauguration is just a drop in the bucket of excess. And it is these presidential inaugurations that get so much attention that I have a problem with. A canceled or toned-down inauguration might mean a bad year or a bad quarter for the Washington DC florists, chefs, gardeners, hair stylists, fasion designers and paparazzi, but it won't put them in the poorhouse.

Let the wealthy have their lavish parties (and invite me sometime), but I just think the President ought to be different and more mindful of what's going on in the world.

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