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Explosive leaked records peg President Donald Trump’s planned White House ballroom at $600 million—with taxpayers expected to cover more than half. (www.thedailybeast.com)

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Just under $300 million was tagged as coming from “private sources,” the newspaper reported Tuesday. Taxpayers remain on the hook for the rest—with $155 million coming through the Secret Service, another $149 million through the White House Military Office, and $3 million through the Executive Residence.

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[–] spacegoat@lemmy.world 12 points 19 hours ago

Besides the fact that it shouldn’t happen in the first place, I take issue with the fact that it isn’t 100% tax-payer funded. Corporations should not be directly funding (bribing) government projects. Tax them.