| bobabode |
01-07-2017 01:29 PM |
When is a Wall Not a Wall?
'Trump’s border wall is looking more like a fence that American taxpayers will pay for' TP
"If you showed up hungry for lunch with a friend on the understanding they’re picking up the tab, you’d probably feel swindled if they ordered the most expensive appetizer, unexpectedly asked you to cover the check, and then promised to pay you back later. But that’s the approach President-elect Donald Trump is taking with one of his signature campaign promises.
On Friday, CNN reported that Trump’s transition team “has signaled to congressional Republican leaders that his preference is to fund the border wall through the appropriations process as soon as April, according to House Republican officials.” Meanwhile, the AP reports that Trump’s “wall” will actually involve “fencing and other technology along the southern border.”
U.S. taxpayers footing the bill for “fencing and other technology” falls far short of the promise Trump repeatedly made during his campaign, when one of his signature pledges was that Mexico would pay the entire cost of a roughly $10 billion “great wall.” (One study concluded building a physical wall along the southern border would actually cost as much as $40 billion, which might explain why Trump’s “wall” is looking more of a high-tech fence these days.)" TP
https://thinkprogress.org/trump-bord...e01#.unn0gkhaj
I wonder if his supporters will even notice much less even care that they're rubes who've been taken in by a bait and switch. |
