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How much did the opening of the Clinton Library cost us
Bassy?

Not as much as the George W. Bush library, and the annual
upkeep
cost
is less, too!


Really? Where is the GW Bush library located?
sorry, George H.W. Bush, College Station, TX


Can you post some figures to support your claim?

Our resident "King of the NG idiots" apparently is quite math
impaired.

"Brian Blake, public relations specialist at the Bush Library,
said
the
total cost of the library was $83 million, less than half of what
SMU
may
have access to.
Blake said the library museum cost $43 million, with private funds
from the
Bush Foundation, while the library conference center and the Bush
School of
Government and Public Service cost $40 million. The funding, he
said,
came
from state and A&M money."



http://www.thebatt.com/news/2002/12/...y-515078.shtml


"Mr. Clinton's cost $165 million,"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2004Nov17.html

Oh, contrai
"Over the years, presidential libraries have evolved into
multi-purpose
institutes that, in addition to housing the official papers of a
former
President, can include museums, conference facilities, and
classrooms.
The cost of these facilities can be substantial. According to the
George Bush Presidential Library Center Construction and Fact
Sheet,
the George Bush Presidential Library Center honoring President
George
H.W. Bush cost approximately $83 million to construct; roughly half
of
that cost was defrayed by private contributions to the George Bush
Presidential Library Foundation, with the remainder funded by Texas
A&M
University. A December 6, 2001 article in The Arkansas
Democrat-Gazette
reports that construction of the Clinton Presidential Center is
expected to cost $104 million. The Clinton Presidential Library
cost
has been defrayed by private contributions in excess of $70
million,
bringing it's total taxpayer cost of only $34 million."

As you can see, it cost the taxpayer's more for Bush's legacy, than
for
Clinton's. By the way, the costliest to run and maintain? Reagan's.


Not so fast. This site shows the cost of Clintons library to be $165

million. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6521909/

Regardless, you can see that public funds often go in to pay for
political
events and structures. So why are your shorts in a knot over the
cost of
security for today's inauguration?

I said it before, but perhaps it just didn't hit your brain. Do you
recall when Bush was on the mat for not pledging enough to the Tsunami
victims? HE said that the public should donate, not the government. IF
he were a man of honor, he would now say to those donating, instead of
$40 million dollars being spent to honor ME, please send that money to
the victims. But, alas, he didn't do that, because he, and his
followers, see him as larger than life. Add to that the HUGE deficit
he's rung up in the name of BushCo War, Inc., and one could only come
to the conclusion that he doesn't give a damned about anybody but
himself and his mega-rich cronies.