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The best ideal so far is one by Senator Bill Cassidy where the Mexican Cartels pay for the wall. Congress doesn't appropriate or control asset forfeiture money. That's even a better idea than having the Mexican gov. paying for it.
Cassidy introduced an amendment this year that would crack down on drug traffickers laundering money across the southern American border. The American government could then use the seized funds for increased border security and to build President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall
Geezus...we have been "cracking down on drug traffickers" for 40 years and it's only gotten worse, what grand plan does Cassidy have to change that?
Budget Request for 2018 Federal drug control
Treatment: $10,783.4 (38.9% of total)
Prevention: $1.339 billion (4.8% of total)
Domestic Law Enforcement: $9,235.8 billion (33.3% of total)
Interdiction: $5,022.4 billion (18.1% of total)
International: $1375.0 billion (5% of total)
Total: $25.89 billion https://www.drugwarfacts.org/node/13...le/fedspending
And every year the cost goes up and so does the demand for drugs...so, you tell me how Cassidy plans to fix a problem that has been a sinkhole for trillions of taxpayer dollars for decades?
Geezus...we have been "cracking down on drug traffickers" for 40 years and it's only gotten worse, what grand plan does Cassidy have to change that?
Budget Request for 2018 Federal drug control
Treatment: $10,783.4 (38.9% of total)
Prevention: $1.339 billion (4.8% of total)
Domestic Law Enforcement: $9,235.8 billion (33.3% of total)
Interdiction: $5,022.4 billion (18.1% of total)
International: $1375.0 billion (5% of total)
Total: $25.89 billion https://www.drugwarfacts.org/node/13...le/fedspending
And every year the cost goes up and so does the demand for drugs...so, you tell me how Cassidy plans to fix a problem that has been a sinkhole for trillions of taxpayer dollars for decades?
Many noting how childish so many of these comments tend to be. Many simply repeating facts, reason and logic that has been repeated many times before. Lots of insults about the left and/or right, all apparently as if any make a difference. If anyone wonders why Trump and the Democrats are in stalemate, simply consider how well all the exchange of opinion and perspective has worked to change people's minds in this forum.
Maybe it's just me, but sometimes I think it would be more productive to consider why nobody of contrary opinion makes sense to us, rather than simply play "whack the mole" with every comment that pops up in these threads. Can't be any less productive anyway...
I also imagine, to go back to the farmer's usage of the water for irrigation, that their piping system would be compromised by a border wall. At least, so say the farmers.
Recall that they are squabbling over a continuing resolution, meaning that in a month or two the fight starts all over again.
So, Mr. Trump is currently pledging to veto any spending bill that does not include money for his wall. Say the Democrats cave in, the CR is passed, the wall is funded.
Two months later, what would Mr. Trump demand to sign off on yet another CR?
Ted Cruise should keep the beard, makes him look like he's got a chin. .
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