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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNo money for border wall until Harvey clean up is paid for.
That should be the Democratic stance in Congress.
Squinch
(50,956 posts)Loge23
(3,922 posts)No deals!
yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)The point is that money destined for the wall be redirected to disaster response and infrastructure needs. Every time Trump tries to get money for the wall Democrats need to remind Ryan and McConnell of the other pressing needs. Add amendments, etc. to make it happen.
Gothmog
(145,353 posts)meow2u3
(24,764 posts)Border walls are a big, fat waste of taxpayer resources, especially that Harvey cleanup is, or at least should be, priority #1.
33taw
(2,444 posts)Plan for future infrastructure needs related to preventing floods or dealing with them when they occur.
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)Who wants to be reminded of the atrocities committed by the drumpf administration on the majority of the American people and our former Democracy. NO BORDER WALL!
yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)So to resist that, insist that disasters be paid for first! Keep hitting it until even Republicans realize that there is no money for the wall. We can't just say "No Border Wall!" and leave it at that. Not nearly enough. People understand that disaster cleanup costs money - lots of it. We have to use every disaster to remind people of just how stupid it is to waste money on walls.
bluepen
(620 posts)He and his cohorts want to put it up? Get the money from Mexico like he's promised for two years.
dawg
(10,624 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)At all. It's a ridiculous idea, regardless of who pays for it.