“ A 250th birthday, paid for by private companies.”

People still don’t get it, and some people, specially these ones that believe themselves particularly knowledgeable about politics, will never get it. Still, I’m going to repeat:

Everything government does is paid by privates. All of it comes from the money they continuously take away from “we the people” to fund their lavish lifestyles and do their little ideological stunts. Every single cent.

The writers of the article are just mad that instead of state taking money away from someone, they just funded an event with voluntary donations. It’s how twisted this all frame of mind is.