Trump's ballroom could prove a bonanza for those shelling out to build it, report shows. Floridians, of course, have a piece of the action

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Courtesy of Public Citizen

Donald Trump has bragged that his big, bloated ballroom won’t cost taxpayers anything and that private donors will be picking up the tab.

But it’s a big tab—currently pricing out at $300 million, and nobody would be surprised if there are cost overruns. It’s a government project, after all.

And how naive do you have to be to beli…