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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGOP senator: 'Not excessive' to spend $5 billion on wall; Social Security cuts pay for it
After years of Trumps claims that Mexico will pay for a border wall, Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) now says it is not excessive for American taxpayers to pay $5 billion for the useless structure.
Meanwhile, Republicans have been pushing for cuts to Social Security to make up for tax cuts given to the ultra rich.
Trump has insisted that $5 billion in U.S. taxpayer funds be allocated for the border wall, risking a second shutdown of the government.
Appearing on CNN, Sen. Lankford was asked about Trumps demands.
He replied, The big drama is about the border wall funding, a 5-billion-dollar amount is not an excessive amount for what can be done reasonably in a year.
https://www.sourcepolitics.com/gop-senator-not-excessive-to-spend-5-billion-on-trumps-wall-taking-it-away-from-social-security/
SCantiGOP
(13,855 posts)Like spending it on the poor or for health care or the environment.
I havent heard any repubs even giving lip service lately to fiscal conservatism. They know that would be a joke.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)P.S. When you have finished paying for the wall, please go fuck yourself.
Love,
Proudlib
thegoose
(3,115 posts)just when you think you've seen all the slime, another Puke comes crawling out of the swamp.
Stinky The Clown
(67,670 posts)He's been slithering around for a while
shanny
(6,709 posts)inadequate school funding (4 days weeks in this asshole's state!), inadequate spending on infrastructure, a creaky, complicated and impossibly expensive health care "system", slashed safety nets, stagnant wages, no upward mobility, record income inequality...
WTF does this twatwaffle think a Wall needs to defend?