When Donald Trump got the bill for Vanessa Guillén’s funeral in 2020, he reportedly raged, “It doesn’t cost 60,000 bucks to bury a f---ing Mexican!”
  • deegeese
    30·
    2 months ago

    He stiffs everybody all the time. If it was $600 he still would’ve stiffed them.

    The racial slurs are just a bonus.

  • Embargo@lemm.ee
    9·
    2 months ago

    I’ll start by saying Trump is a horrible piece of shit and I wish him nothing but harm… but how $60k?

    • Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      11·
      2 months ago

      The funeral industry (in a nutshell) is hella expensive

      Cost of the plot, scheduling, cost of a casket, prepping the deceased, if there’s anything special there’s that cost as well, etc

      There’s a reason I tell my family that when I die, cremate me and put my remains in a coffee can. If you wanna schedule some kind of event do it completely removed from the funeral parlor.

      • TehPers@beehaw.orgEnglish
        11·
        2 months ago

        To add to this, funerals for veterans/active duty can be a bit more involved. I’ll admit I don’t know who pays for the military ceremony, but someone does.

  • Embargo@lemm.ee
    1·
    2 months ago

    That must have a lot to do with it and was the only thing I was thinking could blow that price out. Going off a quick google, the median is $8500ish.