Build It Now: Two BRILLIANT Ideas to Pay for the Border Wall
Senator Luther Strange of Alabama has a novel idea to pay for the
border wall, and it isn’t too far removed from President Trump’s promise
to make Mexico pony up the
money.
The Republican thinks there could be a way to tie the border wall
legislation to another, interrelated item on the president’s agenda:
getting sanctuary cities in compliance with federal immigration law.
“It all boils down to public safety,” the senator said of sanctuary
cities. “We say if you’re not going to allow [local officials to
cooperate], then we’ll reallocate that
money to another jurisdiction along the border so the wall can be built.”
Strange is introducing a bill that would accomplish just that. It
would yank infrastructure and transportation funds from sanctuary cities
and funnel the
money towards constructing the wall.
According to a new report from Axios, Sen. Strange isn’t the only one
coming up with out-of-the-box ideas to pay for the wall. The president
himself told GOP leaders in Congress this week about another possible
avenue towards funding:
In the meeting at the White House today with Republican
Congressional leaders, President Trump spent some time talking up his
latest idea for the border wall. According to 3 people with direct
knowledge of the meeting, Trump floated the idea that the wall could be
covered in solar panels and the electricity generated used to pay for
the cost.
Of course, why are these schemes necessary in the first place?
Because the Republican-controlled Congress doesn’t have the political
appetite to actually pony up the money. They don’t have the will to put
Democrats on the defensive and FORCE them to vote for funding. They
don’t believe there’s enough American support for the wall to make it
politically feasible, even though President Trump walloped every other
Republican in the primaries on his way to decisively winning the
election. These idiots apparently think people pulled the lever for
Trump despite actually opposing his signature promise…
The best plan we’ve heard so far is the one where we either tax or
confiscate the remittances of illegal immigrants. That would,
essentially, be the true fulfillment of Trump’s promise to build the
wall “and make Mexico pay for it.” But again, such a scheme takes
political will on the part of the GOP, and Republicans have proven time
and again that they’re all talk, no action when it comes to illegal
immigration.
Thankfully, in the meantime, Trump and ICE are doing everything
possible to slow the flow of immigrants across the border and send back
the ones who are already here. The president knows that if we wait for
Congress to do something…well, just look at the last thirty years to see
what will happen.
In denying bail to NSA leaker Reality Winner for downloading
classified material to a thumb drive, the judge said he was concerned
over her fascination with the Middle East and Islamic terrorism, as
Christine reported Thursday night. But now even more disturbing detailing about the case have been revealed.
