"How To Win Friends and Influence People" (12/28/2004)
T
he White House has pledged $15 million in aid to the victims of the tsunami tragedy with a death toll already in excess of 40,000. Let's put that figure in perspective.
The cost of the inaugural proceedings in January for George W. Bush is estimated to be $30 million.
The Federal Government, under Bush and the GOP, has authorized or spent:
$38 million for the victims of the Cerro Grande Forest Fire;
$31 million in grants for debunked abstinence education;
$14.5 million "to help conserve some of America's most significant cultural and historic treasures, including several historic religious sites.";
$14 million in vouchers to allow D.C. students to attend private secular and religious schools.
Oh, and $15 million pays for about 79 minutes of the War in Iraq.
