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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPalm Beach may slap Mar-a-Lago with big tax to pay for "devastating" cost of Trumps weekend trips
Palm Beach may slap Mar-a-Lago with big tax to pay for devastating cost of Trumps weekend trips
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/palm-beach-may-slap-mar-a-lago-with-big-tax-to-pay-for-devastating-cost-of-trumps-weekend-trips/
President Donald Trumps weekend excursions to his private Mar-a-Lago resort cost American taxpayers more than $3 million per trip, but the clubs home city of Palm Beach, Fla. is feeling the weight of paying for them even more acutely.
The Palm Beach Post reports that Palm Beach County Commissioner Dave Kerner is looking into classifying Mar-a-Lago as a municipal service benefit unit, which would give the county power to slap the club with additional taxes to help it pay for the cost of the presidents weekly trips.
The county is considering taking this measure because the federal government so far has been slow to reimburse the country for the costs associated with handling the presidents trips. According to county estimates, the presidents weekend trips have cost the county $570,000 so far, which is putting a strain on its other budget priorities.
Kerner tells the Palm Beach Post that Trumps trips have been particularly trying for the local airport, which faces major disruptions every time the president comes to town.
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/palm-beach-may-slap-mar-a-lago-with-big-tax-to-pay-for-devastating-cost-of-trumps-weekend-trips/
President Donald Trumps weekend excursions to his private Mar-a-Lago resort cost American taxpayers more than $3 million per trip, but the clubs home city of Palm Beach, Fla. is feeling the weight of paying for them even more acutely.
The Palm Beach Post reports that Palm Beach County Commissioner Dave Kerner is looking into classifying Mar-a-Lago as a municipal service benefit unit, which would give the county power to slap the club with additional taxes to help it pay for the cost of the presidents weekly trips.
The county is considering taking this measure because the federal government so far has been slow to reimburse the country for the costs associated with handling the presidents trips. According to county estimates, the presidents weekend trips have cost the county $570,000 so far, which is putting a strain on its other budget priorities.
Kerner tells the Palm Beach Post that Trumps trips have been particularly trying for the local airport, which faces major disruptions every time the president comes to town.
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Palm Beach may slap Mar-a-Lago with big tax to pay for "devastating" cost of Trumps weekend trips (Original Post)
Miles Archer
Mar 2017
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caroldansen
(725 posts)1. Great idea.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)2. Like Trump really gives a F. n/t
randome
(34,845 posts)3. Weekend 'vacations'.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]"There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in."
Leonard Cohen, Anthem (1992)[/center][/font][hr]
dalton99a
(81,566 posts)4. He'll just sock it to federal taxpayers
progressoid
(49,992 posts)5. #Sad