StarOcean said: This fucking wall Whoever comes next will probably tear the stupid thing down anyway, so what is the point? It's a money blackhole |
I don't know, the wall is a win-win-win from all sides.
Trump gets to use it to fulfill his campaign promises and justify a new revenue stream for the government (i.e. taxing remittances). The latter part is particularly important, since Trump needs every bit shaved off that budget deficit to allow for a "cushion" should the economy falter during his rule.
The (R)s get to point to the wall to appeal to more patriotic conservatives, while defunding the Border Patrol allows for appeasing their cheap-labor corporate lobby.
The (D)s get one free good point to campaign on (namely: taking down the wall, and the immigration reform to come with it), and get one free "Trump is a racist" card to use on Mexicans. Thus, securing a new "Blue" wall comprised of broder states with Mexico (and other states with substantial Mexican-American populations).
And so on and so forth.
After all, if Israel can do it, why can't America? :P
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