Rick Perry Spends Millions To Fix Mansion As State Cuts Billions Elsewhere

[Judi Lynn]

Rick Perry Spends Millions To Fix Mansion As State Cuts Billions Elsewhere
The Huffington Post | By James Sunshine Posted: 07/11/2012 11:19 am Updated: 07/11/2012 11:19 am

Texas Governor Rick Perry is moving back into the Governor's Mansion. For the $25 million it cost the state to renovate it, he better enjoy it.

The state originally allocated just $10 million for the mansion's renovation, according to USA Today. However, the cost of the renovation rose significantly following a 2008 arson attack, which severely damaged much of the building.

Perry's public stance favoring budget cuts has made the exorbitant cost for the mansion's renovation controversial, Bloomberg reports.

During his unsuccessful bid for the Republican Party's Presidential nomination, Perry proposed balancing the budget by slashing federal government spending and cutting taxes, The Washington Post reports.

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[virgogal]

1. MA doesn't have a governor's mansion,thank heavens. What a waste.

[Bok_Tukalo]

2. The Governor's Mansion is a piece of American history

It is in the National Register of Historic Places and is a U.S. National Historic Landmark. Don't begrudge its maintenance and preservation over transient political pique. One day, Perry will no longer live there because it isn't his house any more than it is mine.

[SDjack]

3. Texas socialiZm for his self gratification. A true supporter of capitaliZm would sell

the mansion and have the state lease space for the governor in an industrial warehouZe.