Taxpayers Become Biggest Donor to White House Ballroom

The White House ballroom is being funded with taxpayer money, making the public the biggest donor to the project. That setup is a perfect example of Washington’s reflex to spend other people’s money while dressing it up as public benefit. The story underscores how government priorities can drift from core needs and into prestige projects. It also raises the usual question: who is really paying when officials claim something is “for the people”? Read more about this...