Who should pay for Inaugurations?

[Nikepallas]

After hearing about this $40 million for this JOKE on Jan 20th I need to ask just who should be throwing this shin dig!?!?!


I can understand the country giving protection during the the swearing in and the parade...but where should it stop?


What is the history about all this?

[WithStamina]

1. Supporters

The president elect's supporters should and do pay for inaguration.

[Lenape85]

2. I believe the president elect should pay for it...

...in order so he learns the value of the dollar, something Poppy didn't teach him when he was a little chimp

[48pan]

3. That price seems a bit high to me.

What did Clinton spend? I'll bet it wasn't half as much.

[hughee99]

4. It was more than 1/2 as much...

According to this article, presidential innaugurations are usually paid for privately by donations and loans...
Clinton 1992 - $33 million
Clinton 1996 - $34 million

In addition, they have to reimburse the D.C. police department, the pentagon and the interior department.

http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0103/ridgeway.php

[ClintonTyree]

5. Other..................

do away with the idiotic pomp and circumstance of the entire affair. The inagurals have become too big and expensive. It's nothing but a huge schmooze-fest of "special" interest groups and Olympic caliber ass kissers.
It's an unnecesary, wasteful event for a first term President. For a second term pResident like "*", there shouldn't be one at all.