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Article: Inaugural tab rises for taxpayers Event to cost public at least $12.7 million, a 27% increase
- Article from:
- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- December 26, 1996
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WASHINGTON -- While organizers of President Clinton's second
inaugural have touted next month's celebration as smaller and less
expensive than the 1993 extravaganza, the cost borne by taxpayers
will be the highest ever, according to White House records.
This taxpayer expense was not highlighted at a recent briefing by
inaugural organizers, who focused instead on the strict standards
imposed this time for collecting private donations for "cheaper"
parties and other special events.
But according to budgets provided by the White House and
Congress -- and not including the undisclosed inaugural budget of the
Secret Service -- the public cost is at least $12.7 million. That is
a 27 percent ...