CNBC leaked what they claim is an estimated cost of $92 million for the military parade to honor our service members. Defense Secretary, Jim Mattis discredited the figure stating that the source, “probably smoking something that is legal in my state but not in most.” What seems to be confirmed is that the event has been put off until next year at the earliest. More
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Shame that we couldn’t have a parade for a very significant milestone, 100th anniversary of the end of The Great War, and Veterans’ Day.
They keep floating higher numbers.
How is 92 million even possible?
I smell a swamp rat.
Sometimes when you are proactive based on early reports it pays off. But sometimes you get burned.
As soon as I got wind of the parade I booked a room at Trump International hotel on Pennsylvania Ave. Very expensive, but now, no parade.
I’m bummed. Was really looking forward to it.
Oh well. It should be nice anyway and there’s plenty to do in DC.
You need exposure to military/government accounting practices to really appreciate them. I will guarantee you they were throwing in payroll for people that were getting paid, no matter what. In fact, I’ll bet they amortized tire wear along the parade route. This is why government hammer cost $5,000.00.
How to bring the price tag down $20M: Make the big shots sleep in barracks at nearby bases instead of giving them suites at the Waldorf and similar.
If this deal costs 90 million to walk down the street…. the fudge does it cost to have thousands of people protesting every damn week? Half a billion?
There’s a certain Naval Admiral that needs to be paraded down Pennsylvania Avenue and straight into the Potomac. Lets see if he considers that an honor.
I heard Trump say he cancelled due to price gouging once the vendors heard of the event. He will go to the ceremony in Europe instead. A businessman’s mentality, even with Other People’s Money.
A naked attempt to embarrass the President was all this was. Brought to us by the same scum that gave us Obama.
What if an unfinanced, unannounced spontaneous parade of real veterans broke out? It’d probably be better than the official one. We just need a flock of Canadian geese to do the flyover.
Democrat liberal communists care not one da!#*!ed bit about the cost of any of their pet causes.
The Gunny is right. Here is a Tweet from President Trump:
1) https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1030423480725118976
2) https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1030426536871116801
He said it was about price gouging. I liked his last sentence, “Now we can buy some more jet fighters!”