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| Feds Want $2.5 Billion For Lavish Marble Palace As Americans Can't Afford Homes |
| 2025-07-26 |
| [Daily Caller] The Federal Reserve’s website boasts a freshly updated page explaining ongoing renovations to two buildings, in the interest of transparency. The page neglects to mention the cost of the renovations. The project’s price tag stands at a staggering $2.5 billion dollars, according to Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Russell Vought. That’s up from a modest $1.9 billion proposal at the outset, according to Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott of South Carolina. Chairman Jerome Powell has grossly mismanaged the Fed. While continuing to run a deficit since FY23 (the first time in the Fed’s history), the Fed is way over budget on the renovation of its headquarters. Now up to $2.5 billion, roughly $700 million over its initial cost.... pic.twitter.com/lHK4cWlAvf |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #5 $20M/yr in air b&B would probably keep them in business just fine |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2025-07-26 21:59 |
| #4 Generally, reconstructions while in use are expensive. Cheaper to tear it down and build new a one. But then, where would the workers go? Oh, waitaminute... |
| Posted by: Bobby 2025-07-26 11:55 |
| #3 That’s a renovation not built from scratch. It’s comparable to a domed stadium. We should have refused to fund it and hope they would have moved to Canada or Mexico to spite us. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2025-07-26 08:21 |
| #2 Their lack of concern over the image given speaks volumes. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2025-07-26 07:55 |
| #1 Tell them to go to works for the bankers if they want Versailles. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2025-07-26 06:59 |