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Old 07-17-2006, 03:11 PM   #6
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Re: Anti-terrorism funding - politically-motivated?

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Originally Posted by YogsVR4
No landmark gets any money. The city/state gets it. NY is getting 124 Million and they have autotomy to spend the money.


The money is mostly pork anyway. Tax dollars pissed away.
That's true in practice. In theory, the Fed Gov has designated certain places and criticial to national security and national landmarks. Each place designated gets X-dollars allocated to it. The Empire State building is NOT on the list for Homeland Security as having any significance or importance to the US despite the offices and # of lives that could be lost if 9/11 happened again.

However, you are right, when the states actually get the $$$, it isn't necessarily spent on what it should be.
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