If you want to actually compare apples to apples, it turns out that Obama's inaugural committee is spending about $45 million, all collected through private donations. That's only about $3 million more than Bush's second inaugural committee spent, and when you consider the fact that while roughly 300,000 Americans turned out for George Bush's bash, 1-2 million people are expected to turn out tomorrow to witness Barack Obama's historic inauguration, Obama's party price tag suddenly looks like a good deal. Barack Obama's inaugural committee is only spending about $30 per attendee, while George W. Bush's committee spent about $140 on each inaugural audience member— more than four times as much.