Thursday, January 15, 2009
Obama’s inauguration to be very expensive!
"US President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration on January 20 is expected to cost a whopping USD 150 million, making it the most expensive in the American history. Obama’s inauguration expenses are likely to be to the tune of over USD 150 million, overshadowing the USD 42.3 million spent on George Bush’s inauguration in 2005 and USD 33 million on Bill Clinton’s in 1993, a media report said.
Part of the spending includes emergency funding announced by the White House yesterday to help with the soaring costs.
The costs are likely to go up if it snows during the ceremony, as long-term weather forecast has suggested there are chances of snow on Sunday as well as Tuesday, the day of inauguration.
Further, most of the funding would be to deal with around 1.5 to two million people expected to attend the swearing-in ceremony of the United States’ first African American president, a report in the Guardian said.
The surge in spending is partly because of Obama’s decision to make the event as accessible to the public as possible.
The report quoted a spokeswoman for the joint congressional committee on inaugural ceremonies Carole Florman as saying, “We are always very budget conscious. But we are sending a message to the"
Part of the spending includes emergency funding announced by the White House yesterday to help with the soaring costs.
The costs are likely to go up if it snows during the ceremony, as long-term weather forecast has suggested there are chances of snow on Sunday as well as Tuesday, the day of inauguration.
Further, most of the funding would be to deal with around 1.5 to two million people expected to attend the swearing-in ceremony of the United States’ first African American president, a report in the Guardian said.
The surge in spending is partly because of Obama’s decision to make the event as accessible to the public as possible.
The report quoted a spokeswoman for the joint congressional committee on inaugural ceremonies Carole Florman as saying, “We are always very budget conscious. But we are sending a message to the"
