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In reply to the discussion: New renderings show more details of White House ballroom under construction [View all]LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(13,270 posts)39. It doesn't matter who pays for the structure.
We, the taxpayers, will pay to maintain it. And we'll have to look at it forever.
It will no longer be the People's House. It will be a monument to the billionaire class.
The only way the rest of us will see it is while standing on the poor people's side of the red velvet rope looking in.
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New renderings show more details of White House ballroom under construction [View all]
riversedge
Yesterday
OP
Don't google the sponsors if you want to avoid them. One of them is Google!
subterranean
Yesterday
#52
And we will likely pay for those balls, in the manner the elitists are accustomed to
William Seger
Yesterday
#44
Corporate sponsors may pay for some of the construction, but not the upkeep.
Lonestarblue
Yesterday
#45
"Karoline Leavitt said the project would be paid for by private donors and the president himself"
Ray Bruns
Yesterday
#8
When will they stop paying for it? Then, who will get the bill? My guess is you and me.
usaf-vet
Yesterday
#14
That's because lying and bragging are both used to prop up his pathetically fragile ego
William Seger
Yesterday
#35
I hate it. It totally dwarfs the White House which totally takes away from the image
yellowdogintexas
Yesterday
#9
Yup. In the GD thread on this I said I expected a "Roman Emperor" to be standing at the top of those stairs.
electric_blue68
Yesterday
#60
SERIOUSLY. It would be poetic justice if he were inside trying to stop the wrecking ball when it went down
LymphocyteLover
Yesterday
#49
the same reason he is allowed to do everything awful he is doing-- Republicans and their propaganda media
LymphocyteLover
Yesterday
#47