Fund the "Wall"
Shutdown the government
English isn't "officially" the language of America, but it's common sense that to live in America, you should speak English.
So while it doesn't actually say in the Constitution that the president must make deals, it's common sense that it's the job. We don't have a dictatorship, we have a congress with checks and balances. If the president is to get anything done, they have to be able to make a deal.
The reason Trump isn't getting his wall is because he doesn't have the ability to make deals.
kudzu (01-12-2019)
kudzu (01-12-2019)
StoneByStone (01-12-2019)
The wall would stretch across a vast expanse of desert between ports of entry. Yet, most security threats are at ports of entry rather than between. About one-fifth of the number of gang members apprehended were at ports of entry (a significantly larger number than the six members who were apprehended between).
The same goes for suspected terrorists. The State Department estimated that exactly zero terrorists entered the United States from the U.S.-Mexico border. In fact, counties along the southern border are among the safest in the United States.
The Department of Homeland security stated, “Most of these individuals are trying to enter the U.S. by air,” meaning the wall would be largely ineffective in preventing a terrorist threat.
In order to apprehend those who pose the greatest threat to our nation’s safety, it is important to focus our resources, technology and attention in the areas where dangerous people attempt to enter the United States.
Furthermore, there has been a sizable increase in cross-border trafficking of drugs such as heroin, fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine in recent years. According to Customs and Border Protection data, these drugs are almost entirely trafficked at the land ports of entry and at the 47 official border crossings.
Despite the increase in drug trafficking, reports have shown that shifting the priority to zero-tolerance immigration enforcement diverted resources from pursuing more serious crimes like drug and human trafficking.
Focusing attention on drug trafficking at ports of entry would likely result in an increase in drug seizures, which would make America safer by keeping out some of the most dangerous substances affecting our population today.
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigrat...outhern-border
He who is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell and opens a vein that bleeds a nation to death. Thomas Paine
Lol, we are talking about a standoff. It takes two for a standoff.
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us...lish/stand-off
Standoff:
1. noun
A stand-off is a situation in which neither of two opposing groups or forces will make a move until the other one does something, so nothing can happen until one of them gives way.
We will see all kinds of political activity from both sides of the aisle, but the blame and/or credit will always be 50/50 as long as Trump and Pelosi are in a standoff. Personally, I hope the standoff goes on forever, and I don't care who has temper tantrums. Just keep the government shut down as long as possible. I am destined to be let down either way, once somebody gives in.
The Truth Does Not Need To Be Supported With Censorship.
kudzu (01-12-2019)
I, too, would be cumming myself in delight if the federal government was shut down for real. But this is a partial shutdown that just screws us over. We're still paying federal taxes, but we might not be getting our tax returns this year.
https://www.npr.org/2018/12/23/67965...uld-impact-you
Bigdog (01-12-2019)
Lol, we are talking about a standoff. It takes two for a standoff.
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us...lish/stand-off
Standoff:
1. noun
A stand-off is a situation in which neither of two opposing groups or forces will make a move until the other one does something, so nothing can happen until one of them gives way.
We will see all kinds of political activity from both sides of the aisle, but the blame and/or credit will always be 50/50 as long as Trump and Pelosi are in a standoff. Personally, I hope the standoff goes on forever, and I don't care who has temper tantrums. Just keep the government shut down as long as possible. I am destined to be let down either way, once somebody gives in.
The Truth Does Not Need To Be Supported With Censorship.
"I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that's a storybook, man."
— Joe Biden on Obama.
Socialism is just the modern word for monarchy.
D.C. has become a Guild System with an hierarchy and line of accession much like the Royal Court or priestly classes.
Private citizens are perfectly able of doing a better job without "apprenticing".
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