Trump Ballroom Unlikely To Be Built

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markef exactly right....

 

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Cost of the Obama Presidential Center to Taxpayers​

The Obama Presidential Center — often called the Obama library — is a $830 million project on Chicago’s South Side, plus about $224 million in related infrastructure (roads, transit upgrades, and station improvements) The Pricer. This brings the total public investment to roughly $1.05 billion.

The Obama Library is NOT a Congressional building.

The $224 million in related infrastructure is from local government (Chicago and the State) not federal.

It's like a city or a state vieing for a professional football team and working a deal on a stadium and the city/state kicking in for roads and infrastructure. It generates revenue through tourism.

The Obama Library is a private structure in Chicago, not a fedreal building in DC. Federal property in DC falls under Congress per the Constitution.

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[markef]

The Obama Library is NOT a Congressional building.

So? Are you still griping about Trump renovating the White House with donated funds while justifying Obama building his library with more than $1 billion in taxpayer funds?

 

[WorldWatcher]

So? Are you still griping about Trump renovating the White House with donated funds while justifying Obama building his library with more than $1 billion in taxpayer funds?

No, you are misstating the case.

I'm not complaining that Trump is building a ballroom. I'm pointing out that Trump is violating the law (40 USC 8106) because he did not obtain authorization from Congress. The United States Constitution clearly provides that Congress controls the national seat of power (Article I, Section 8) and CONGRESS clearly said that they have to approve the erection of any building.

* * IF * * he had followed the law and obtained Congressional approval to destory the current building and build a replacement - whether it was funded by the federal government or if Congress had authorized construction via donations. Then that would be fine.

But he didn't.

And you continued attempt to deflect to Obama is both false and lame:

• As to false, the total project cost is about $850 million not a billion and in addition most of that money comes from the Obama Library Foundation through donations. Which is fine since Presidential libraries are privide entities, not a government entity. The cost to taxpayers is about $244 million, and that is roads and infrastructure that Chicago and the State has approved.
• Lame because it's laughable that you have to deflect to a private entity, funding and building a library, and the STATE and CITY providing infrastructure changes and NOT the federal government.

The analysis about federal law (40 USC 8106) starts on PDF page 19. Now it will be on to the appeals court.

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https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/27930071/white-house-ballroom-order.pdf

 

[kyzr]

No, you are misstating the case.

I'm not complaining that Trump is building a ballroom. I'm pointing out that Trump is violating the law (40 USC 8106) because he did not obtain authorization from Congress. The United States Constitution clearly provides that Congress controls the national seat of power (Article I, Section 8) and CONGRESS clearly said that they have to approve the erection of any building.

* * IF * * he had followed the law and obtained Congressional approval to destory the current building and build a replacement - whether it was funded by the federal government or if Congress had authorized construction via donations. Then that would be fine.

But he didn't.

And you continued attempt to deflect to Obama is both false and lame:

• As to false, the total project cost is about $850 million not a billion and in addition most of that money comes from the Obama Library Foundation through donations. Which is fine since Presidential libraries are privide entities, not a government entity. The cost to taxpayers is about $244 million, and that is roads and infrastructure that Chicago and the State has approved.
• Lame because it's laughable that you have to deflect to a private entity, funding and building a library, and the STATE and CITY providing infrastructure changes and NOT the federal government.

The analysis about federal law (40 USC 8106) starts on PDF page 19. Now it will be on to the appeals court.

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Looks like the WH is located on a "Park".

 

[WorldWatcher]

Looks like the WH is located on a "Park".

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So?

A federal park, meaning federal property, meaning according to the law (40 USC 8106) Congress must approve construction because there is this little thing called a Constitution and the Constitution (Article I, Section 8) says that Congress has legislative control of the area and authority over buildings within the land set aside (Washington, D.C.) for the nations capital.

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