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Having traveled to other Capitols and major cities in Europe and Asia, our National Mall is pathetic in comparison to similar areas in those cities. It could look absolutely awesome with a little updating (and then upkeep), but it looks like a third world mall as it is now. The addition of the WWII memorial looks great, but the overall appearance is generally dirty, the grass is patchy with lots of weeds and bare spots, and the pond is overgrown with algae and looks scummy by mid-summer.
This is what visitors from around the world see first of our country when they visit Washington, and it looks like a dump. Very little planning and no money for maintenance do not add up to a beautiful mall.
$200 million is a drop in the bucket compared to what we're paying for death and destruction. Would the republicans be fighting against using the money for bombs?
