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From: jca@abnji.UUCP (james armstrong)
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Subject: Re: How about another topic (other than handgun control)?  (Yes!)
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Date: Thu, 24-Jan-85 07:31:38 EST
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>Dummy, the inauguration is paid for out of private funds and donations.
>It does not come out of the taxpayers pocket.  Cool down.
>T. C. Wheeler

So that those people who can afford it get yet another "charitable" deduction
on their taxes.

If you remember, in 1981, RR said that he would "save" the gov't the money 
offered to redecorate the WH by doing it through "charitable" contributions.
In the end, those contributions cost the gov't about 4X the offered money
in lost tax revenue.