UPDATED: Trump's military parade could cost as much as $30 million, Mulvaney says
Last edited Wed Feb 14, 2018, 01:29 PM - Edit history (1)
Source: MarketWatch
By Robert Schroeder
Published: Feb 14, 2018 10:40 a.m. ET
The military parade proposed by President Donald Trump could cost between $10 million and $30 million, depending on the length, Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney told the House Budget Committee on Wednesday. Last week, Defense Secretary James Mattis said the Pentagon was "putting together some options" on the parade. Democrats have criticized the idea.
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UPDATE
A disgrace: Dem rips Mulvaney over $30 million Trump parade that would fund food stamps for 20,000
Budget Director Mick Mulvaney revealed on Wednesday that a military parade requested by President Donald Trump could cost as much as $30 million enough to fund food stamps for over 20,000 people each year.
At a House budget hearing on Wednesday, Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) noted that Trumps proposed budget cuts funds for some of the most vulnerable Americans.
This budget is really shameful, Lee explained. It dismantles our basic living standards that Americans have turned to for decades and pushes millions of people into poverty. It will destroy peoples lives.
Lee reminded Mulvaney that his budget cuts $213 billion from the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, commonly known as food stamps. In addition, the budget slashes billions from disability, rental assistance, adult employment and training programs, education, Medicaid, and the minority AIDS program.
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https://www.rawstory.com/2018/02/disgrace-dem-rips-mulvaney-30-million-trump-parade-fund-food-stamps-20000/
IronLionZion
(45,628 posts)Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)avebury
(10,953 posts)raised but not spent for the 2017 Inauguration.
PatSeg
(47,741 posts)I wonder if we'll ever find out what happened to that money.
Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)pay Jared's 1.5 Billion$ loan that is due by the end of the year, heh?
PatSeg
(47,741 posts)Or the family's lawyer fees. Its amazing the crap these grifters get away with.
Zoonart
(11,897 posts)we call can watch chowinng down on our canned cancer, sent by our benevolent Dear Leader.
WTF is happening?
SamKnause
(13,114 posts)Liberalagogo
(1,770 posts)we can take the money and flush it down the toilet.
ExciteBike66
(2,393 posts)as if our insecure little president could be satisfied with a short parade....
Marthe48
(17,112 posts)n/t
bucolic_frolic
(43,476 posts)the tanks would destroy the pavement which would require resurfacing
I see no sense to this at all
Isn't an Air Force flyover good enough for the combover?
getagrip_already
(14,950 posts)why not just drive the flatbeds with the tanks on them by? Much easier on both the roads and the tanks.
IronLionZion
(45,628 posts)for road builders
Docreed2003
(16,900 posts)Thats one suicide every 65 mins. But lets waste 30 million dollar on a fucking parade.
dalton99a
(81,700 posts)Sneederbunk
(14,319 posts)Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)jmowreader
(50,589 posts)Or you can shit on a couple hundred thousand GIs for the same money.
Trump has chosen the latter.
BTW, as a Berlin veteran and quite knowledgeable of the realities of parading tracked vehicles, I suggest they add another $10 million for new track pads and $5 million for baby oil to their shopping list. Trump is going to want nice shiny tanks; theyre painted in flat paint so you have to rub baby oil into the paint and it takes about five gallons to do a tank the first time. And asphalt just chews the shit out of the rubber pads on armored vehicle tracks.
ploppy
(2,162 posts)Marthe48
(17,112 posts)That would explain the cost and who gets the money.