"I just can't figure out how to turn on my solar powered calculator"

Another reason to keep the wingnuts away from Social Security. Arithmetic.

To the rescue came Ronald Reagan with the most expensive inauguration in history, and the pomp was put back in the romp. Each inauguration thereafter has been bigger, better, more elaborate than the one before, and complainers have surfaced accordingly.

According to Michael Nelson's "Guide to the Presidency," George H.W. Bush's 1989 inauguration cost $30 million, Bill Clinton's 1993 inauguration ran $25 million, and George W. Bush's 2001 ceremony cost around $40 million. This year's costs are expected to run closer to $50 million.

It must have been the five that threw her.

Via Tbogg.