In The Dead Of Night Republicans Sneak In A Billion Dollars For Trump’s Ballroom

They will likely pass a bill and it will come out of the general budget. So more or less they will borrow money and increase the national debt to do it. We will all pay through the inflation tax. 

It is hard to estimate the cost for a individual taxpayer but just as an idea. There are approximately 165 million taxpayers in the United States. If the cost is 400 million dollars that averages to roughly $2.4 million per taxpayer. 

Pretty steep cost considering they swore up and down that it was already paid for with private donations. 

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First of all, what Trump is doing far exceeds "remodeling" or "updating." It it the total destruction of a major part of the White House and replacing it with a tasteless, gaudy shrine to Trump. Imagine, if you will, the Statue of Liberty being "remodeled" so that she's wearing a red MAGA baseball cap and sporting a miniskirt, or if the Washington Monument was renamed "Trump's Penis" and reshaped accordingly.

But the cost of that destruction and replacement isn't even the biggest issue. It's the defacing of one of our most cherished national monuments. The White House is the Presidential residence, not that of A President.

As far as funding goes, this idiocy, including the Fuhrerbunker Trump plans to build, is projected to cost $2.4 billion, and that will be in the general budget. Figure on it hitting $3 billion when it's finished. There are about 160 million taxpayers in the US. Call it about $200 per.

As far as keeping the President housed, fed, protected, blowjobs provided, etc , that's baked into the federal budget as well and never gets seriously contested. I did look up the numbers, and the annual expense for running the White House is listed at $265 million, or about $17 per taxpayer.

So building Karinhall with the Fuhrerbunker beneath it (look up the references) will cost each of us far more than just running and maintaining the existing residence.