'Irresponsible': Cost of Donald Trump's July 4 Military Parade Blasted by National Park Advocacy Gr

[babylonsister]

'Irresponsible': Cost of Donald Trump's July 4 Military Parade Blasted by National Park Advocacy Group
By Jason Lemon On 7/1/19 at 12:00 PM EDT


President Donald Trump's decision to transform the annual Fourth of July celebration into a larger event including armored military vehicles stationed along the National Mall in Washington, D.C. has drawn criticism from National Park advocacy groups warning against the exorbitant cost.

"It's irresponsible to ask the National Park Service to absorb the costs of an additional and political event when there are so many unmet needs in the parks," Phil Francis, chair of the Coalition to Protect America's National Parks, which represents current, former and retired Park Service employees and volunteers, said in a statement to The Washington Post.

"The men and women of the National Park Service have been asked to do more with less for too long," he continued. "Funds should be directed to the agency's highest needs such as operation of the parks and the maintenance backlog and should not be directed to support political objectives."

Although the total cost of the Independence Day event is not yet known, it comes at a time when the National Park Service faces a backlog of some $11 billion in maintenance. The Trump administration has also repeatedly called for cutting the National Park Service's budget, while also moving to eliminate key environmental protections for the lands set aside for conservation.

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[Turbineguy]

1. Bread and Circus.

Trump's supporters can come out and trash the place.

[Poiuyt]

2. No amount of money is too great to spend on our Fuhrer!

I think he should throw something like this:

[Gothmog]

3. Sherman tanks??

Link to tweet

[llmart]

4. Isn't this the sort of thing that the teabaggers would get their panties in a twist over?

Where's their outrage now? Most of them are probably now trumpsters.