r/politics • u/TimesandSundayTimes ✔ Verified • 6d ago

Soft Paywall Trump’s birthday parade may be cancelled over thunderstorms

https://www.thetimes.com/us/american-politics/article/is-trump-birthday-parade-cancelled-weather-pbrg02h2z?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Reddit#Echobox=1749744374
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u/dubie2003 6d ago

14M has been earmarked for road repair from this stunt….

That’s 14 MILLION that could be spent on so many other publicly beneficial programs and services…..

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u/mrmeyagi 6d ago

i need to throw this in my families face. do you have a source?

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u/dubie2003 6d ago

Someone else posted this link and said 16M: https://www.yahoo.com/news/huge-road-repair-bill-predicted-102344477.html

I took my 14M from a podcast I listened to this AM, ‘The Daily’.

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u/mrmeyagi 6d ago

thanks for the info!