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You compared this party prep waste to the entire Biden fiscal situation. So its reasonable to bring up the overall Trump fiscal situation - which is even worse!
Since I'm not an economist I resorted to asking my buddy AI about that.
More about politics than capitalism, I think. Democrats are vilified (for some reason) as 'tax and spend'; well, it's a lot better than 'spend and spend', which is what MAGA is doing: lowering tax revenues while increasing spending. That makes deficits worse.
How many gilding companies exist with the expertise required for large monuments? What evidence do you have that they are 'cronies'?
I don't know. How many?
They got a no-bid contract contrary to laws and regulations. Getting the bridge horses gilded is not an emergency.
I don't know much about this other, unrelated to gilding horses, thing that took place umpteen years ago. Maybe ask in the reflecting pool thread instead of this one? Unless your entire point is rhetorical deflection and blame shifting, this is off-topic.
That's right, Obama followed the law, observed norms and obeyed regulations while Donald does what Donald wants, law be damned.
There appear to be three, and The Gilder's Studio is based in Maryland
That isn't evidence they are cronies.
A large amount of money was spent only for it to end up looking worse. Rather than appreciating what President Trump is getting done, I just see people who are only out to find fault because, "orange man bad".
So millions wasted is OK because Obama dotted his i's and crossed his t's. Cool.
Thanks. Why no-bid? Were any of those on the list of approved firms; were there any approved firms? Curious.
It is evidence for suspicion but not proof positive; it's a giant red flag.
It isn't the president's job to spruce up the capital; it is an expensive hobby which he is not paying for at a time of tremendous debt and cost cutting. We don't even know if he pays taxes anymore as he has tried to get himself and his family exempt from audits and has never disclosed the results of any required audits.
You seem to be unaware of the scope of the renovations most of which were structural rather than cosmetic. The original pool was not just repaired but replaced. The original pool was built on unstable mudflats without proper foundations. It used city drinking water to keep it filled.
Donald has done and is continuing to do bad things. Overspending by millions on beautification for his birthday event while presiding over an increasingly dire economy, etc. is bad. The man does bad things with impunity while Magadonians cheer him on.
Was the replacement of the pool, stabilizing the foundation and putting in a water filtration system a waste or would it have had to be done sooner or later?
Assertions totally without evidence. No evidence that the gilding was slipshod nor that it was low bid - nothing other than unjustified disparagement.
