Trump reportedly complained later in the day that these “fucking people” are “trying to rip me off.”
He thinks it's his money.
Oligarchy 101.
Treat public expenses like it's coming out your own pocket.
Treat the public purse like it's your own personal bank account.
Latinos , take notice
Trump cultists: "He isn't racist."
And the only thing that matters: "Trump's little butthole gremlin crawled out of his crack to comment: Lies! Democrat Lies! He never said this!!" and all the Magoos nodded in agreement at the absolute truth provided by an unbiased cult member.
Wtf are funerals that expensive?
It should be noted that the article says it was attended by the mayor and city's police chief. I'm assuming quite a few more less notable people also came. I would also assume this increases the cost.
In the US, funeral homes try to get as much money out of you as possible because they know you are emotionally vulnerable. There are exposes on funeral homes having predatory services.
Is there a Ralph’s around here?
They can be, sadly. It depends where you live, where you have someone buried, and what services and coffin and whatnot you get. But yeah, the funeral business in the US is pretty crazy greedy. $60k is definitely on the higher end. According to a quick Google, my state's average funeral cost is around $8k, with the total cost (including mortuary services, etc) around $20k.
Yeah but it's gotta be cheaper for Mexicans, right? (/s, obviously)
The hell. What if your wage is 10k a year. Ie. you’re on disability benefits or social security. Will my family have to bury me in the backyard?
Not allowed to do that
But cremation is cheaper
So it's illegal to die poor
Illegal to live poor too.. shitty situation to be in
Have you tried not being poor?
Have I? Yes, yes I have. I live fairly comfortably in a house that I own with a good job to pay the bills. But I volunteer with people that are not in the same situation and it's heartbreaking. People that can't afford to pay for unexpected expenses like a car breaking down. So they lose the job then lose their place of residence.
Vets, people with disabilities or even people that messed up early in life can struggle.
We don’t really have a couple thousand saved up to throw at a cremation either. Urgh. Capitalism sucks.
That is the average, not the median. The median looks a lot different (cheaper):
the man is a completely amoral, psycho-sociopathic narcissist
"No, 60k is to bury a DEAD Mexican. The ones fucking generally don't want to be buried"
How about just jacking off? I don't want to be buried while jacking off, so you all know.
Like he'd pay any bill ever
Aw he's trying to shout like a lil tough guy but he's just unhinging that beta jaw for the ol "arnold palmer", as he calls it.
“It doesn’t cost 60,000 bucks to bury a f---ing Mexican!” Is this trump admitting to murdering mexicans? Or at least knowing how much it cost to bury them afterwards?
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