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[microsound] [ot] Fwd: Lifestyles of the Rich and Heartless (fwd)



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>by Christy Harvey, Judd Legum and Jonathan Baskin
>with Nico Pitney and Mipe Okunseinde
>
>Inauguration: Lifestyles of the Rich and Heartless
>
>Due to $17 million worth of inaugural security - paid for by the city of
>Washington, D.C. - the Progress Report is unable to access its office.
>Never fear - it takes a lot more than that to keep us down. We put this
>list together for you ahead of time. Your regularly scheduled Progress
>Report returns tomorrow.
>
>A look at this week's festivities by the numbers:
>
>$40 million:
><http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/ny-uscost0118,0,4726940.story?coll=ny-nation-big-pix>
>Cost of Bush inaugural ball festivities, not counting security costs.
>
>$2,000: <http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0119/p03s01-uspo.html> Amount FDR
>spent on the inaugural in 1945...about $20,000 in today's dollars.
>
>$20,000:
><http://www.ritzcarlton.com/hotels/washington_dc/overview/pressreleases/inaugural_amenities.html>
>Cost of yellow roses purchased for inaugural festivities by D.C.'s Ritz
>Carlton.
>
>200:
><http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=544&u=/ap/20050114/ap_on_go_pr_wh/inaugural_price_tag_3&printer=1>
>Number of Humvees outfitted with top-of-the-line armor for troops in
>Iraq that could have been purchased with the amount of money blown on
>the inauguration.
>
>$10,000: <http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/news/local/10678137.htm>
>Price of an inaugural package at the Fairmont Hotel, which includes a
>Beluga caviar and Dom Perignon reception, a chauffeured Rolls Royce and
>two actors posing as "faux" Secret Service agents, complete with black
>sunglasses and cufflink walkie-talkies.
>
>400: <http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0119/p03s01-uspo.html> Pounds of
>lobster provided for "inaugural feeding frenzy" at the exclusive
>Mandarin Oriental hotel.
>
>3,000: <http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0119/p03s01-uspo.html> Number of
>"Laura Bush Cowboy cookies" provided for "inaugural feeding frenzy" at
>the Mandarin hotel.
>
>$1: <http://kutv.com/topstories/topstories_story_014105652.html> Amount
>per guest President Carter spent on snacks for guests at his inaugural
>parties. To stick to a tight budget, he served pretzels, peanuts,
>crackers and cheese and had cash bars.
>
>22 million:
><http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=544&u=/ap/20050114/ap_on_go_pr_wh/inaugural_price_tag_3&printer=1>
>Number of children in regions devastated by the tsunami who could have
>received vaccinations and preventive health care with the amount of
>money spent on the inauguration.
>
>1,160,000: <http://www.worldonfire.ca/donations.html> Number of girls
>who could be sent to school for a year in Afghanistan with the amount of
>money lavished on the inauguration.
>
>$15,000: <http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4282216>
>The down payment to rent a fur coat paid by one gala attendee who didn't
>want the hassle of schlepping her own through the airport.
>
>$200,500:
><http://www.usatoday.com/travel/hotels/2005-01-06-inauguration_x.htm>
>Price of a room package at D.C.'s Mandarin Oriental, including
>presidential suite, chauffeured Mercedes limo and outfits from Neiman
>Marcus.
>
>2,500: <http://news.bostonherald.com/politics/view.bg?articleid=63696>
>Number of U.S. troops used to stand guard as President Bush takes his
>oath of office
>
>26,000:
><http://www.oregonlive.com/letters/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/editorial/1106139753241490.xml>
>Number of Kevlar vests for U.S. soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan that
>could be purchased for $40 million.
>
>$290: <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4187023.stm> Bonus that could
>go to each American solider serving in Iraq, if inauguration funds were
>used for that purpose.
>
>$6.3 million: <http://www.citizen.org/pressroom/release.cfm?ID=1860>
>Amount contributed by the finance and investment industry, which works
>out to be 25 percent of all the money collected.
>
>$17 million: <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4187023.stm> Amount of
>money the White House is forcing the cash-strapped city of Washington,
>D.C., to pony up for inauguration security.
>
>9: <http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0119/p03s01-uspo.html> Percentage of
>D.C. residents who voted for Bush in 2004.
>
>66: <http://abcnews.go.com/images/Politics/972a1BushPreInaugural.pdf>
>Percentage of Americans who think this over-the-top inauguration should
>have been scaled back.
>



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