Access. You give the inaugeral committee a lot of money and they promice access to the president, vice-president and important members of congress.
Now what's the difference between that and influence peddling? larry On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 10:25:29 -0600, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Man, that's ridiculous. If i was the District, i'd tell em to provide their > own security and their own funding, or hold their precious inaugaration > somewhere else. > > My original sentiment still holds though....i'd like to see one of these > donors explain why they gave $100,000 to throw themselves a party. > > > > Nope. The money for the parties themselves was donated money. But the > > overtime, police, etc is born (THIS YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME) by the > > District alone. > > > > Normally, Congress reimburses the District for any extra costs incurred > > for the inauguration. > > > > This year the District was told to find the $19 million themselves, as the > > White House was recommending Congress not cover the costs this year. > > > > > > > > Jerry Johnson > > Web Developer > > Dolan Media Company > > > >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/20/05 11:11AM >>> > > The 40 mill for the inaugaration was all privately donated money. > > > > So to that end, i'd be asking the donors....why they feel their money is > > better spent on this pomp and circumstance as opposed to some of the > > worthy > > causes you mentioned. > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:143519 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
