The Most Expensive U.S. Inaguation in History

[Mustang]

Originally Posted by double helix

Good lord man, I barely make fortythou a year. Besides, uhem, I'm female and personally I think jewelry is a misselaneous expense. I would much rather invest that kind of money in my home or family not on a rock on my finger that most likely depreciated as soon as I bought it.

Sorry about mistaking you for a male, double helix.

But I still stand by what I said....in a heartbeat, my wife would be wearing a rock on her finger. She's worth every penny of it!

[oscar]

Originally Posted by Mustang

Sorry about mistaking you for a male, double helix.

But I still stand by what I said....in a heartbeat, my wife would be wearing a rock on her finger. She's worth every penny of it!

So would any man Mustang. Nice to see Obama doing that and not caring who be-grudged him or her the ability to do it.

[Mustang]

Originally Posted by oscar

So would any man Mustang. Nice to see Obama doing that and not caring who be-grudged him or her the ability to do it.

Oscar, his personal salary afforded him the ability of such a luxury item for his wife. It's no different then a person going out and buying a new vehicle and paying cash for it.

[oscar]

Originally Posted by Mustang

Oscar, his personal salary afforded him the ability of such a luxury item for his wife. It's no different then a person going out and buying a new vehicle and paying cash for it.

That's exactly why in an earlier post i mentioned one of our politicians, John Prescott' who dared buy himself a 2nd Jaguar car out of his salery. The countries tax payers come out in force to protest and the guy gets slated in the press.
I don't care if Obama buys half the gold reserve for Michelle. if it's out of his salery.... good luck to them.

here we have the Royal family kept at the expense of the tax payer and it becomes an equally sore point if one member is seen sporting a new rolex for eg. Out come the tax payers with their venom.

Originally Posted by double helix

[...]150 thousand dollars so far.

Try $150 million; not thousand.

Inauguration cost could top $150 million - Jan. 16, 2009

[double helix]

Originally Posted by JAB

Try $150 million; not thousand.

Inauguration cost could top $150 million - Jan. 16, 2009

You know I started to write million but didn't want to be called on it later and be wrong. Thanks Jab.

[Lon]

Originally Posted by double helix

150 thousand dollars so far. Who's footing the bill, why the American people of course. 44 thousand has been raised via donations and the rest sits squarely on the backs of the American tax payer.

On top of all that Barrak bought Michel a 33 thousand dollar ring for the Inauguration, just for helping him out with the campaign. Gee. How much does a Junior U.S Senetor make anyway.

1 billion for an economic bailout program. Who's going to pay for that? Not China, they have there own economic issues and are having difficulty buying up other nations debt. Not anyone but the American tax payer. You Bet.

Already, Obama has reneged on his most prominent campaign promises. No changes to capital gains taxes so the rich get to keep getting their tax breaks.
A continuation of Bushes tax rebate program essentially, Bushes education program essentially, Bushes bail out for big business and so forth.

Really, all Obama is doing is saying hey folks, I got into the white house and guess what, I really can't do any of what I promised so lets get government involved in your lives in a big way and everyone below $250,000 in income can be on government programs and welfare. We can build up the countries infastructure and provide jobs for the unemployed while we tax the employed middle class TO DEATH to pay for it. Yeah! and when the middle class falls into the unemployed ranks we can open soup kitchens with the rotting food the farmers can't sell and pay the unemployed to dole it out while we tax the upper middle class TO DEATH to pay for it. Yeah. Sounds good to me and Michel, but we'll as her mama just to be on the safe side.

Now, don't get me wrong. I'm not an Obama hater. I hope he does raise this country out of the slump we are in and restore our nation to the status it once had in this world. I just can't imagin how he's going to do that TAXING the very people he promised not to tax while favoring the very people he promised to tax while instituing programs that enable the poor to stay poor and the middle class to get poorer while we all have to live off of the government.

And another thing, whats he going to do with all the solders coming back from Iraq when shuts down the war? What's he going to do with alll the insergents he releases from Guantanamo when they start blowing up dignitaries in Iraq and the U.S.?

33 thousand dollars could go a long way towords boosting some small local enconomic areas. Sitting on his wifes finger it ain't doing a whole lot of good for anyone.

150 thousand could do even more.

Pehaps he plans of building the economy by training and employing more personal secuity personel. 50 thousand proly ain't enough.

Your critisisms are a bit petty and premature at this point in time.

[double helix]

Originally Posted by oscar

That's exactly why in an earlier post i mentioned one of our politicians, John Prescott' who dared buy himself a 2nd Jaguar car out of his salery. The countries tax payers come out in force to protest and the guy gets slated in the press.
I don't care if Obama buys half the gold reserve for Michelle. if it's out of his salery.... good luck to them.

here we have the Royal family kept at the expense of the tax payer and it becomes an equally sore point if one member is seen sporting a new rolex for eg. Out come the tax payers with their venom.

How do you know it was out of his salary Oscar? If Obama has that kind of money to spend AFTER waging the most expensive political campaign in history on a Junior Senators income then there truly is something wrong with this picture.
This man doesn't live in a tiny little house in some middle class suburb. He has expenses and his wife quit working over a year ago so WHERE did he get that kind of money to by that big of a rock for his wife?
Not from his salary. Jounior Senators don't make that kind of money.
Most likely he used some of the money the citizens of the U.S. DONATED for his political ambitions. Most likely this will come out sometime after his first term of last term as president. Worst, he got the money from the people who bought him the white house. Worst, he bought the ring on the sly and it wasn't supposed to become open knowladge. Some reporter caught sight of it and did some investigation. Notice tomorrow, no new ring on Micheles finger.

I know, Savior Obama can do no wrong. All bow now to Obama "THE ONE" all the world has been waiting for.

And, fellas, what part of I'm a woman and I wouldn't think that highly of getting a 33 thousand dollar ring didn't you catch onto! Don't you boys know its not how much you spend on us that shows how much you love us. That, boys , is the easy way out of your obligations. No effort there. Not much meaning either.

[oscar]

Originally Posted by Lon

Your critisisms are a bit petty and premature at this point in time.

Well said as usual Lon.

If anyone has a beef about the cost of Obama's Inaugaration, they should look to Britain and The Royal Family. We have coronations, state funerals, opening of Parliment etc etc regually. Even when Her Maj goes to the races, she arrives in a horse drawn carraige with all the regalia. It is heritage.
Obama is setting a standard for heritage. The whole world will be watching him give his Inaguaration speech. That is something for America to be proud of and for the children of America to look back on.
This is not your run of the mill Inaugaration. If it were Bush taking the 2nd office, there would be no interest in what it costs. Obama has made history by becoming the first black man in the white house and he rightly deserves a ceromony that will befit that momentuous occassion in the world not just America. It is a one off that is hardly likely to be repeated in decades, so why begrudge the cost?

We have enough problems here funding the 2012 Olympics. Any idea of how much that one's costing the British Tax Payer?

[oscar]

Originally Posted by double helix

How do you know it was out of his salary Oscar? If Obama has that kind of money to spend AFTER waging the most expensive political campaign in history on a Junior Senators income then there truly is something wrong with this picture.
This man doesn't live in a tiny little house in some middle class suburb. He has expenses and his wife quit working over a year ago so WHERE did he get that kind of money to by that big of a rock for his wife?
Not from his salary. Jounior Senators don't make that kind of money.
Most likely he used some of the money the citizens of the U.S. DONATED for his political ambitions. Most likely this will come out sometime after his first term of last term as president. Worst, he got the money from the people who bought him the white house. Worst, he bought the ring on the sly and it wasn't supposed to become open knowladge. Some reporter caught sight of it and did some investigation. Notice tomorrow, no new ring on Micheles finger.

I know, Savior Obama can do no wrong. All bow now to Obama "THE ONE" all the world has been waiting for.

Do you actually read all the posts? If you go back, you will see that i have said i personally think Obama is the worst thing to happen to America and the world.

However. Obama has not been working as a Senator on thin air. he would have had a salary the same as any politician has a salery.

Saviour Obama can do plenty wrong and i'm waiting for the bubble to burst. It's actually the first time to my knowledge that the British Foriegn Office has had urgent talks on the incoming President-Elect so please don't assume we think he can do no wrong.

I too became hacked off during the campaign trail to hear the Obama slogan of 'We are the one's we have been waiting for'.

And, fellas, what part of I'm a woman and I wouldn't think that highly of getting a 33 thousand dollar ring didn't you catch onto! Don't you boys know its not how much you spend on us that shows how much you love us. That, boys , is the easy way out of your obligations. No effort there. Not much meaning either.

Do you actually read all the posts? If you go back, you will see that i have said i personally think Obama is the worst thing to happen to America and the world.

However. Obama has not been working as a Senator on thin air. he would have had a salary the same as any politician has a salery.

Saviour Obama can do plenty wrong and i'm waiting for the bubble to burst. It's actually the first time to my knowledge that the British Foriegn Office has had urgent talks on the incoming President-Elect so please don't assume we think he can do no wrong.

I too became hacked off during the campaign trail to hear the Obama slogan of 'We are the one's we have been waiting for'.

If any man has the salary to warrant it, they will put a rock on their wife's finger. You only have to look at up and coming football stars to see the first thing they buy when they make the big time.