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So this thing cost $621 million? Depending on the source you read, the cost of the Iraq War is between $200 and $400 million per day. Look, this visitors center may indeed be a big government boondoggle, but I'll reserve final judgment until I visit it. I am willing to give it a "pass" because this is the nation's capitol we're talking about . . . one of (if not the) world's most important symbols of freedom and goodness. People from all over the world visit Washington and the capitol, and I think it is valid to want to give them an experience that contributes to their positive feeling about America. Admittedly, you do have to be careful about the "slippery slope" of saying ". . . but this project's special", but maybe this one is, and maybe one should reserve judgment until one sees it. There is a lot of much more blatant "government waste" than this example.
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