Trumped

[Jay]

1 hour ago, mtangelsfan said:

Even if it is stupid?  I don't expect him to keep many of his promises but this one just seems ridiculous.

Even if you think it's stupid.

[Tank]

44 minutes ago, mtangelsfan said:

Actually, yes, yes it is.

i don't think she would approve of the way immigrants come here illegally and then get handed cash hand over fist by our wimpy politicians who are just pandering for votes.

but then again, maybe that's just me.

[Tank]

2 hours ago, mtangelsfan said:

Waste of time, money and resources.  Not to mention making us the first country with a wall since East Germany.  

I'm no open borders person but this is beyond the pale.  

the berlin wall was built to keep people in. this wall will be built to keep people out. different.

[Adam]

Only American lives matter

[UndertheHalo]

memeber the deficit, member ! 

[Catwhoshatinthehat]

56 minutes ago, mtangelsfan said:

Building a wall is ridiculous.  

As ridiculous as it is I'd say it's less ridiculous than the federal government failing to secure the border which saddles border states with added costs then the feds step in when some of those states try to do something about it.  The hundreds of billions of tax dollars paid for illegal immigrants aside the security risk in this day and age is beyond worrisome.  

[InsideThePark]

Securing the border is one thing but building the wall is fucking stupid. Can't believe anyone other than MAGA is advocating for it.

(not directed at you, cat)

[Make Angels Great Again]

"It's stupid."

Great argument.

[Kevin]

Having been a government contractor for the last five years, my biggest problem with the wall is it will be a money pit. It will be done very shitty and the government's solution will be to just throw more money at it to fix issues. I've seen this first hand as we all have with the government. 

Second problem with it is it might not be a realistic project. Not saying it can't be done but our southern border shouldn't be looked at in the scale of what a map or a globe shows. Our border is what, 2,000 miles long? And a wall is a wall but you still need someone to guard it, right? Who? Military might work but now you have to house these people and potentially their families and some of these areas are remote as hell. 

 

I guess we'll see. 

 

[Ordos]

Did we figure out who will pick strawberries after the wall is built?

[Vegas Halo Fan]

3 hours ago, Make Angels Great Again said:

When our border seemingly has more holes than Brandon Wood's swing I'm all for trying to seal it up with a wall. If it helps deter illegal immigration it will eventually pay for itself.

Crossing the border on foot isn't the only way to get into the country - which is what makes this such a boondoggle. A tunnel underneath it defeats it completely.

[Glen]

Conservatives who don't think the government can do anything correctly suddenly think the government can build a wall hundreds of miles long (if not thousands) that will actually be effective.  Listen to Kevin.  It will be a massive pork-barrel project that is never adequately finished.

[Adam]

23 minutes ago, Glen said:

Conservatives who don't think the government can do anything correctly suddenly think the government can build a wall hundreds of miles long (if not thousands) that will actually be effective.  Listen to Kevin.  It will be a massive pork-barrel project that is never adequately finished.

This is a significant amount of truth

[Adam]

47 minutes ago, Vegas Halo Fan said:

Crossing the border on foot isn't the only way to get into the country - which is what makes this such a boondoggle. A tunnel under it defeats it completely.

And on boat and by paying off border patrol folks. 

[Spirit]

25 minutes ago, Glen said:

Conservatives who don't think the government can do anything correctly suddenly think the government can build a wall hundreds of miles long (if not thousands) that will actually be effective.  Listen to Kevin.  It will be a massive pork-barrel project that is never adequately finished.

 

I'd rather throw money at highways and bridges. 

And power grids.

And water supplies.

 

 

And protecting wine country.

 

 

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Let's also not forget that Trump said that he would make Mexico pay for it. That promise seems to have been conveniently forgotten.

[Spirit]

The wall will be Trump's Guantanamo

 

 

 

[Amazing Larry]

41 minutes ago, Glen said:

Conservatives who don't think the government can do anything correctly suddenly think the government can build a wall hundreds of miles long (if not thousands) that will actually be effective.  Listen to Kevin.  It will be a massive pork-barrel project that is never adequately finished.

A lib against spending. Eureka!

[RallyMo]

12 minutes ago, Lawrence said:

A lib against spending. Eureka!

...trying to talk all you cons out of spending like drunken sailors on something that isn't involved in the manufacture or delivery of a warhead. Things are topsy turvy.

[InsideThePark]

35 minutes ago, Lawrence said:

A lib against spending. Eureka!

A so-called libertarian advocating for wasteful spending. Eureka!

[Amazing Larry]

Just now, InsideThePark said:

A so-called libertarian advocating for wasteful spending. Eureka!

One of the only things I want the federal government to spend money on is border security. It's pretty much what it's there for. 

[InsideThePark]

That's fine but a fucking wall?

[Adam]

2 hours ago, Ordos said:

Did we figure out who will pick strawberries after the wall is built?

Women

[Adam]

4 minutes ago, Lawrence said:

One of the only things I want the federal government to spend money on is border security. It's pretty much what it's there for. 

Isn't it more a matter of lack of motivation than resources currently?

 

[arch stanton]

2 hours ago, Ordos said:

Did we figure out who will pick strawberries after the wall is built?

We have the option of dolphin-safe tuna, maybe they could label them as illegal immigrant-free strawberries for the discerning consumer.