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Old 02-11-2019, 10:52 PM
 
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We now have numbers for two more months.

October 51,001
November 51,856

December 50,749
January 47,893

YTD 201,497

The rate is not significantly dropping. We are still on pace for 600,000.
It went down from 51k to a negligible 47k. Therefore we should do nothing about this problem. Am I doing that right?

 
Old 02-11-2019, 11:05 PM
 
Location: Long Island
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From your link: "The agreement means 55 miles of new fencing." That's not a down payment, that's a defeat. I'm pretty sure he got more last year. This was a Trump fumble that was recovered by the Democrats and returned for a touchdown.
Speaking of which, haven't they still not spent last year's money? Not much of an emergency then, no?
 
Old 02-12-2019, 07:07 AM
 
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It went down from 51k to a negligible 47k. Therefore we should do nothing about this problem. Am I doing that right?

I'm making the case that illegal immigration is a serious problem, and we are on pace for the highest total in the last decade.
 
Old 02-12-2019, 07:08 AM
 
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Speaking of which, haven't they still not spent last year's money? Not much of an emergency then, no?

Fact checked as mostly false. All the money has been appropriated. You don't cut most of the checks until the work has finished.
 
Old 02-12-2019, 07:08 AM
 
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Speaking of which, haven't they still not spent last year's money? Not much of an emergency then, no?

Those funds are already designated to build levees so saying it's not spent is not accurate.
 
Old 02-12-2019, 07:14 AM
 
Location: Kansas City, MISSOURI
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As usual, it's fun reading the comments on Breitbart when something like this comes out.

GOP/Dem Border Deal: $1.3B for Wall, No Increase in Detention Space
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Send the WORTHLESS Congress back home!
They don't have what it takes to MAGA!!!
Close it down and declare a National Emergency unlike any other in US History.
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Is this some kind of a joke?
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Veto and declare national emergency.

****! all of the Traitors in Congress.

That would be 100% of Congress!

Heavy sigh...
 
Old 02-12-2019, 07:41 AM
 
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As usual, it's fun reading the comments on Breitbart when something like this comes out.

GOP/Dem Border Deal: $1.3B for Wall, No Increase in Detention Space
Wow, the Trump supporters are really mad about this deal. I like the comment about how Trump "negotiated" from $1.6 billion down to $1.3. Yep, giving things away and getting absolutely nothing in return is certainly a sign of a "master negotiator."

Apparently, Lindsey Graham believes Trump will accept it. It's going to be great fun to watch his supporters justify this. BobNJ1960 has given us a preview of the kind of pretzels they will twist themselves into to pretend this is some kind of a win for Trump. Funny, funny stuff.

Between this and the tax cuts that have cost millions of Americans more in taxes owed, this has not been a good week for Trump.
 
Old 02-12-2019, 07:49 AM
 
Location: Sonoran Desert
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Great beautiful concrete wall from sea to sea + Trump negotiating skills = 55 miles of slats in the Rio Grande valley. Let's pray the Great Negotiator can do better with North Korea.
 
Old 02-12-2019, 07:55 AM
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Of course it is....even the 5 Billion would have been a horrible defeat...considering what he "traded" for it.

Wow, Nancy is really showing The Don how it's done...but I doubt Don is up to learning new tricks.

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$1.3 billion?

That's even less than the compromise bill Trump changed his mind on last year.

Ahahahahahaaaaa

Looks like Trump takes a big fat L on this whole border situation.

AAaaaahahahahahaahahahahaahaaaaaaa

This is funding for a year. Even if he wants to, he can't spend $1.6b a year on building walls.
 
Old 02-12-2019, 07:55 AM
 
Location: Sonoran Desert
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Looking it over, it does provide for about twice as many miles of new slats as the previous bill did (55) and in the area where the border patrol has a high fencing priority. Looks like Democrats came through on this. 55 miles will keep the contractors busy.
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