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Schumer: Money for Border Wall Could Be Used to ‘Give Just About Every American Broadband’
Cybercast News Service ^ | April 25, 2017 | 3:25 PM EDT | Susan Jones

Posted on 04/25/2017 4:43:56 PM PDT by Olog-hai

It was a message repeated several times at a Democrat news conference Tuesday afternoon: Republicans, agree with us on a spending bill, or we’ll blame you for shutting down the government.

And it appears that Republicans, who control all three branches of government, are listening:

“Now last night, we received a bit of good news — not just for Democrats but for the country — that the president is easing off his demands for a border wall in the government funding bill,” Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) told the news conference.

“The money is better used elsewhere,” Schumer said. “If the wall is $50 billion, you could use that money to give just about every American broadband.” …

(Excerpt) Read more at cnsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Society
KEYWORDS: borderwall; broadband; schumer; socialism
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1 posted on 04/25/2017 4:43:56 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Those that want it already have it, those that don’t, don’t want it.


2 posted on 04/25/2017 4:45:54 PM PDT by SkyDancer (You know they invented wheelbarrows to teach FAA inspectors to walk on their hind legs.)
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To: Olog-hai

“If the wall is $50 billion, you could use that money to give just about every American broadband.”
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And non-Americans, too.


3 posted on 04/25/2017 4:46:05 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Olog-hai

And what about the money blown on climate change?


4 posted on 04/25/2017 4:46:08 PM PDT by Luke21
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To: Olog-hai

Chuckie, money is fungible, and can always be used for something else.

The untold billions—far more than the cost of the wall—we spend on illegal education, welfare, and incarceration—could give everyone a lot more than just broadband, as well as a safer community.


5 posted on 04/25/2017 4:46:43 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Olog-hai

Yeah Schumer! Why protecct America and Americans when we can give liberals more fee chit!/S


6 posted on 04/25/2017 4:47:25 PM PDT by MagUSNRET
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To: Olog-hai

Unless the money can be used to return to life all the American citizens killed by illegals chucky can take his money and shove it....


7 posted on 04/25/2017 4:48:15 PM PDT by GraceG ("It's better to have all the Right Enemies, that it is to have all the Wrong Friends.")
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To: MagUSNRET

If anyone gets free broadband, I want some, too.


8 posted on 04/25/2017 4:49:51 PM PDT by Terry Mross (Liver spots And blood thinners.,)
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To: Olog-hai

Money from the Congressional Pension Plan could be used to BUY Every American a Brand New Handgun, Congress can go on Social Security.


9 posted on 04/25/2017 4:50:04 PM PDT by eyeamok (destruction of government records.)
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To: Olog-hai

Schumer waves the promis of ‘broadband internet’, attempting to woo all those millennials to his side.

So, Chucky ... wave that carrot in my face, while some darn illegal invader is crawling up my butt??

G.F’d!!


10 posted on 04/25/2017 4:50:12 PM PDT by Terry L Smith
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To: Olog-hai

The total estimated cost was approx. 15 billion. Schumer pulled his $50 billion number out of his ......


11 posted on 04/25/2017 4:50:19 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Olog-hai

Yeah, Chuckie, ignore your sworn responsibility to protect the American citizen and spend it on something totally irresponsible. That’s what you Dems do in a nutshell.


12 posted on 04/25/2017 4:50:31 PM PDT by vigilence (Vigilence)
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To: Olog-hai

Who wants an Internet rationed by the govt?


13 posted on 04/25/2017 4:50:38 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Olog-hai

Better yet, buy every household a vending cart for when the robots take our jobs.

14 posted on 04/25/2017 4:50:51 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: Olog-hai

And these “progressive” jack holes had the nerve to call Trump a buffoon.


15 posted on 04/25/2017 4:50:53 PM PDT by semaj (Audentes fortuna juvat: Fortune favors the bold. Be Bold FRiends.)
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To: Olog-hai
How about this Chucky?

If you build the wall we can save on:
1. Educating
2. Emergency visits
3. Food stamps
4. Prison costs
5. etc. etc. etc.

We would be able to give every U.S. citizen wifi, a free device of their choice, free vouchers for education of their choice, and the list goes on...

16 posted on 04/25/2017 4:51:19 PM PDT by YouPosting2Me
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To: Olog-hai

HUH?!?!?!!?!?!?!


17 posted on 04/25/2017 4:51:34 PM PDT by dp0622 (IThe only thing an upper crust Conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

I could think of another word that begins with fu that i’d like to use in a sentence to chuck.


18 posted on 04/25/2017 4:53:04 PM PDT by dp0622 (IThe only thing an upper crust Conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: Olog-hai

The wall will pay for itself

that should be the message

also trump needs to get tough again

here’s an idea-—tell the dems if they block wall funding he will repeal DACA. See what they do with that.


19 posted on 04/25/2017 4:53:06 PM PDT by Cubs Fan (Modern day liberals are the most intolerant, hateful, and violent people in America)
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To: Olog-hai

The tax dollars thrown away on freebies could be redirected and pay for the wall


20 posted on 04/25/2017 4:53:37 PM PDT by plain talk
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