*Cough,* I might know one guy guilty of this...if anyone knows of people paying illegals to work for wages that are less than what a legal worker makes, tell on them!
"We're already in a hole caused by the current president, why not let him keep digging? It's not like there's an impending recession or anything!"Well, we're already in debt and our taxes go nowhere.. Why not? Let's foot the bill!
So basically what you saying is, Trump has the attention span of a toddler and this was an attempt to keep him just a little focused on something. But like a toddler, he thought it was a serious idea and is throwing a fit because now he wants it.The wall started as a mnemonic trick from his advisors to get him to talk about immigration policy in a way that was simple enough for him to remember: "Build a wall." Anything else about immigration would have been too complicated for him.
Republican evolution over the course of 30 years:
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I wouldn’t put faith in either the Democratic or Republican Party. They just say what people want to hear to get votes. Obama was known as the Deporter in Chief when he was presidentAll governments, congresses, mayors and etc are all hypocrisy.. Always was and always will be. ALL HYPOCRISY!
Just out of curiosity: which poll option (if any) did you fill in?A country has its rights to protect themselves from outsiders who intend on entering illegally. If anyone wants to visit/join a country then it needs to be done legally. Maybe, maybe a wall isn't necessary but stricter border controls are and none should be able to get from one country to another illegally.
A borderless country is the same as allowing anyone to step into your house.
Sorry, but I'm very much past the point of giving Trump any shred of credibility. I (and others who share my opinion on this) have already been accused of interpreting anything he says as bad, which is (at least for me) a very fair point of criticism. Critics claim that since he came into office, he has spewed about 16 lies and falsehoods per day. That's an astonishing amount...and I believe that. I do believe he's a pathological liar who just keeps on lying to cover up previous lies (small example: why isn't anyone talking about his earlier promise that Mexico would pay for the wall? Because now he's distracting the media with the bait of "it's the democrats' fault").Trump says...
Obama was also humane about deportations, and neither did he separate children from their families just to later hand them over to human traffickers, or have them die in ICE custody.I wouldn’t put faith in either the Democratic or Republican Party. They just say what people want to hear to get votes. Obama was known as the Deporter in Chief when he was president
You mean like the fence that's already on the border and in shambles? Again, Democrats aren't against border security, they just don't want to waste money on childish and ineffective solutions. They repeated that point in their response to Trump's prime-time address, and the response actually received higher viewership than the address itself.Democrats voted for a border fence in 2006, that would cost billions over the years. And rag on Trump for wanting what was a Democratic policy for a long time. Even before this government shut down happened. They both are not to trust.
Why though? Why wouldn't we use that money for literally anything else? Social Security needs more funding. Healthcare is a disaster in this country and it could be used to kickstart Medicare for all. Our existing infrastructure is shit across the board. We're way behind the rest of the world in renewable energy investments. Certain areas of the country don't even have clean drinking water. Too many more issues to list.Companies such as Amazon, Microsoft, Google, WallMart etc, should pay their fair share of tax instead of using offshore havens and using every dodge in the book to avoid paying their fair share of taxes. The average man in the street pays a higher percentage of his incoming finances than these companies do (in comparison). Maybe if those companies payed their taxes properly - the wall could be built with that money.
Well, we all know who the spoon-fed college student is now...I really wonder how we'll look back at this period in time in history. Trump already broke many traditions and honors and made more dumb and dangerous remarks than any US president I know. Not only is US on track for breaking the longest government shutdown in recent history, it is all for something that is COMPLETELY NORMAL. The border situation is at best moderately worse than before, but in reality it's just the same.
But Donald Trump made a campaign promise that was so ridiculously dumb that opponents didn't bother to disprove ("Mexico paying for a wall with USA? They already replied they weren't going to!"). Nobody thought that clown would beat all the other candidates, and even less people thought he'd attempt to follow through on his lie. The result: he's looking for someone to blame. Mexico would be pretty stupid to blame (he never even started any dialogue in that direction, he has zero bargaining power and - again - they denied they were going to pay for it even during the election campaign). So he once again tries to blame democrats.
Fucking democrats...how dare they not wanting to waste US tax dollars? Even worse: they chose to believe people in the field rather than...than...erm...well, who besides Donald IS saying this wall is a good idea?
And now it comes to this.
George W. Bush made a public speech after 9/11
Barack Obama made a public speech to announce they killed Osama Bin Laden
Donald J. Trump made a public speech to plea to build a wall
Honestly: why do you Americans let him do all that shit? He's on the brink of being trialed as a fraud, and in the mean time you just let him piss all over whatever ethical standards there are on being the president of the united states? Why?
...on second thought: don't answer that question. I don't wanna hear it.
Oh god, he went to college instead of living in a trailer in his hometown for his entire life?!?Well, we all know who the spoon-fed college student is now...
Based on the most recent USA Census, about 63% of illegal immigrants access the US Welfare system for financial support. Coupling that with the fact that $18.3 billion is spent annually for Medicaid-funded medical visits, the entirety of the wall could be funded easily AND still have substantial money left over from just the taxpayer-funded Medicaid spent in one year!
Immigrants were even offered citizenship by Mexico, but refused, determined to get to the United States. If Mexico offered you sanctuary in one of the safer areas of Mexico, why would you STILL refuse to accept aid unless your reason for venturing to America was for abusing government aid and manipulating government institutions for selfish personal gains?
Jim Accosta, one of the most outspoken people against President Trump just accidentally admitted himself that the border wall would indeed work.The assumption was, by those with an understanding of how government should work, he was too obvious in his ignorance to be electable. We overestimated people's knowledge about government.
Those who don't pay attention still think republicans are fiscally conservative and for small government, and democrats are for using the government to help as many people as possible (the balance between the two had helped us in the past to max/min helping/cost and minimize red-tape). But currently the US system is more akin to whatever corporate influences can buy folks. they've always been self-serving, but now they can do it easily without repercussions.
Majority of republicans are conservative in name only, and any actual folks aiming for a positive progression of the country have to struggle to meet some semblance of sanity (this applies to real republicans and democrats alike). I mean, just look at this wall. So many people support it. but why? It's not fiscally responsible, it will have no consequences other than adding billions to the national debt, and most likely will make only those who pass it richer through kick-backs. It is the definition of everything fiscal conservatives should be against, as well as democracts, and yet most party republicans are on board for it. Why? this certainly has helped me distinguish between those from who understands government and those who just root for their favorite team, regardless of ideology.
Even if you want to continue supporting trump because...well, you like his "I dunno" style of government, and don't care about his racism/sexism/general lack of humanity, you don't have to support everything he does. Supporting someone doesn't mean being required to support everything they do. Something as obviously detrimental as this should be a no-brainer, "who would want something so expensive and ineffectual," kind of decision.