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Obama's inaugural security costs also overran, and he made sure DC was reimbursed in full

Posted by: professor zovek (a.k.a mickpix) on Jul 10, 13:57 in response to Nobody's post BTW, Trump didn’t go over budget, the city did. And...

Always Be Bankrupting

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/trump-still-owes-dc-7-million-in-inauguration-costs-as-he-plans-july-fourth-gala/2019/06/13/c55565b6-8df5-11e9-8f69-a2795fca3343_story.html?utm_term=.6fcfc177d978

"The end result was a $7.3 million overrun for the event. That was not unusual: Barack Obama’s second inauguration, in 2013, went over budget by $8.9 million.

But while the Obama White House reimbursed the city’s extra costs through a plan submitted to Congress, the Trump administration has not done so, federal budget documents show. To make up the shortfall, the District tapped its Emergency Planning and Security Fund."

POTUS dumb 4th of July display has now bankrupted Wash. D.C.'s security fund, which it uses to keep the city safe from actual threats professor zovek Jul 10, 11:07

You'd think the capital city and seat of the US federal government would budget enough for official events. Fiscal mismanagement evidently {nm} Nobody Jul 10, 12:09

Trump inauguration committee also still hasn't paid them $7m that they've owed for over 2 years now (seems to be a recurring theme) professor zovek Jul 10, 13:10

Trump has a long history of not paying his invoices... Did not change as prez... {nm} Lukasck Jul 10, 13:17

Trump doesn’t “owe” anything. Funds for that purpose are appropriated by Congress. Trump is under no obligation to reimburse the city for Nobody Jul 10, 13:29

How is it fiscal mismanagement if Trump is the one who goes over budget? {nm} Antibody Jul 10, 13:38

Year over year, Congress assumes in its appropriations that unspent money will roll over to the next year. But they have spent all their Nobody Jul 10, 13:44

BTW, Trump didn’t go over budget, the city did. And they used questionable accounting such as attributing $3 million for street paving to Nobody Jul 10, 13:49

Obama's inaugural security costs also overran, and he made sure DC was reimbursed in full professor zovek Jul 10, 13:57

Exactly as I stated. Trump doesn’t “owe” anything. The dems control the House and appropriate money d {nm} Nobody Jul 10, 14:06

Congress controls DC's budget. The city "itself" has no say at all. {nm} DTravel Jul 10, 15:23

Congressional control of the budget didn't stop POTUS from stealing another $2.4m from Dept. of Interior that was appropriated for parks professor zovek Jul 11, 08:38