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Originally posted by cutiepatootie
I heard that the state funeral for President Reagan cost around $114 million dollars and that the gov't spends it as a honor to a past president
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The actual cost for a state funeral really isn't that much; if you factor in the paid day off for the government on Friday's day of mourning that's where that figure comes in.
While a past President is entitled to a state funeral, it is entirely at his option whether he wants the full pomp and ceremony. When Nixon died in 1994, he requested no state funeral, just a simple ceremony at the Nixon library in Yorba Linda, California.