@georgetakei The argument that will be offered (and has been) is that the money for the ballroom is private money, not public. Which is.. well, sort of true, I guess.

Of course, that same money could go to much more worthwhile things.

But the real scandal is that that money IS essentially public money, at least by the moral argument that it's at least in part a product of tax cuts for the rich.

@wesdym @georgetakei

Private 'donors'? Let's call this what it is: #Bribes