I'm NOT Very Political ...... BUT

I was upset this morning because I heard on the radio that this inauguration is the most costly to date. That's real nice. There's a war. Our national debt is ridiculous and lobbyists and "other supporters" are spending millions of dollars on parties and parades at whatever else. It's sickening.
At first I was like, "it's sickening, but at least it's not our tax dollars." But after I thought about for a while I decided it was worse that , in a time of war, with a recent tsumani, millions of Americans without health care and/or food, large sums of money are being spent to honor a man who can be considered responsible for the national debt and the war. Whether you support President Bush or not you would have to agree that millions of dollars spent on parties is frivolous considering what is currently going on in our country. Maybe if they were throwing parties and parades for soldiers in Iraq I wouldn't be so huffy, but as it is we are at war with "the army we have, not the army we want." Those soldiers are missing necessary equipment and whatever and we are having parades and balls and parties for million dollar price tags. It's disgusting to me.
I think the government (or an independent company that can be sure the money will go to what it is supposed to ) should set up a "non profit" organization that people (and organizations/companies) can donate money to for a tax write off. It's not a new tax, it's a non-profit organization- like Goodwill or Red Cross. That organization will donate all collections to immediately pay off the national debt. When the debt is paid off the money collected could be used to create a universal health care system or pay more for disaster relief or pay into social security or PICK YOUR CAUSE! Why are we so rich as a country and so stupid with our resources? They could be put to better use- in my opinion.