California Bill Would Blacklist Companies That Work On Trump Border Wall

[Judi Lynn]

Source: CBS News

May 3, 2017 6:27 PM By Lemor Abrams

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – California lawmakers are so against a proposed border wall with Mexico, they’re prepared to issue an ultimatum: build it and be blacklisted.

The proposed law would ban state government contracts for companies who have any affiliation with the wall.

President Donald Trump’s long promised border wall with Mexico doesn’t yet have congressional approval or funding, but it’s already got contractors vying to build it.

Rick Aguilar is one of those possible bidders. He’s a Northern California contractor, who says the project isn’t political, it’s pay.

Read more: http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2017/05/03/california-bill-would-blacklist-companies-that-work-on-trump-border-wall/

[Midnight Writer]

1. Absolutely not. If Trump is handing out work, why shouldn't Californians get a crack at it?

[tinrobot]

2. Why should California work against it's best interests?

[lark]

4. Is a wall on their Southern border in their best interests?

No. It will cut off American citizens who own property near the border, bad policy and terrible implementation.

[catsudon]

7. tell that to

The biggest Mexican cement company. Although they did back off from participating in the project, they will still sell to companies that wants to build the wall.

[LanternWaste]

9. How specifically does your addition change or counter the premise...

How specifically does your addition change or counter the premise that a wall is not in CA's best interest?

[KingCharlemagne]

5. California businesses will have a crack at it, but they won't be able to

get any state construction contracts with my CA state income taxes thereafter.

No one is holding a gun to any business' head and forcing it to take the contract to build the wall.

[sinkingfeeling]

3. Awesome.

[burnbaby]

6. that seems wrong

on so many levels

[christx30]

8. I like it.

The wall can't be bullt if no one is willing to work on it. And if they are, it'd better set them up for life. I wish other states would do this. But there are only so many states on the border, and I seriously doubt Texas or Arizona would follow California's example. They'd push the other way.