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[cswa@mindly.social]

@rbreich Is this the same project that was predicted for $250 million to be paid by private investors?

(Rhetorical question.)

[traecer@techhub.social]

@rbreich how did this go from $250 million in private donations to $1 billion in taxpayer funds‽
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[xerge@mastodon.nl]

@rbreich The ballroom will remind Americans that they voted for Donald John Trump to become their president, twice, for decades to come. Perhaps that is a good thing.

[ilka4you@mastodon.social]

@rbreich ignoring? Ignoring means he recognizes but chooses to "ignore". He doesn't recognize anything. He just doesn't care.

[guillotine_jones@beige.party]

@rbreich
Dear Mr Reich,
Many of us are trying to make use of AltText for images the default on the Fediverse.
It would be lovely if you could join the rest of us.
After all, no one wants to deprive people who have difficulty with their eyesight of the many benefits of your excellent posts.
#AltText

[beggarmidas@mastodon.social]

@rbreich Intentionally, I strongly suspect. Yes. You familiar with the deeper meaning behind "après moi le deluge"? It's very much in play here.

Y'see, the critical flaw in the premise of Hanlon's Razor is that it ignores that BOTH states can be true. They are not mutually exclusive.

[huntingdon@mstdn.social]

@rbreich

Presumably, Trump is planning to keep the corporate donations, intended for his Build the Dance Hall, for his personal use, while spending taxpayer money to actually build the thing.

Nice multi-hundred million dollar scam you have there, Don. Be a shame if anything happened to it.

[xs4me2@mastodon.social]

@rbreich

Elect a con artist, expect a scam…

[davidnielsen@mastodon.social]

@rbreich I thought that ballroom was going to cost $300 million, then $400 million… now it is a cool billion, what a great scam.

[helianthropy@tech.lgbt]

@rbreich Bluesky screenshot. Robert Reich
(at)rbreich.bsky.social:

Republicans want $1 BILLION in new taxpayer funding to shore up security for Trump's White House ballroom.
And don't forget: Corporate donations to construct the ballroom will be tax-deductible.
Trump is sticking us with the tab for his vanity project while ignoring what the country really needs.

[helianthropy@tech.lgbt]

@rbreich Why does this sound like the necessary level of funding to turn Trump’s ballroom into Scrooge McDuck’s money bin?

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