Posted on 12/21/2018 12:07:13 AM PST by Revel
A grassroots online campaign to fund President Trump’s proposed border wall roared past $8.7 million on Thursday, but questions remained about whether the feds would be able to accept the gift.
As of Thursday evening, 143,821 people had donated $8,742,182 toward Air Force veteran Brian Kolfage’s GoFundMe campaign, titled We the People Will Fund the Wall, just a little over three days after its launch.
The pledge drive aims to raise $1 billion to “uphold our laws, and get this wall BUILT!” Kolfage, a Purple Heart recipient who lost both legs and an arm in Iraq, wrote on the campaign’s Web page. “It’s up to Americans to help out and pitch in to get this project rolling.”
Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), chair of the House Judiciary Committee and a longtime proponent of tighter border security, hailed the vet’s “impressive” campaign, even as he expressed reservations about allowing private citizens to govern with their wallets.
“I think it’s admirable, and I think that the country should respond,” Goodlatte told The Post. “Obviously, we can’t let citizens raise money and say, ‘The government will spend my money on this purpose.’ ”
According to the Treasury Department, general donations to the feds are directed to a “Gifts to the United States” fund, set aside for “general use” by the federal government or “budget needs.”
Specific federal agencies can’t touch this funding without a congressional appropriation.
Some agencies can accept gifts directly for earmarked purposes, but it was not clear if the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees the borders, was among them.
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She should be worrying more about Judgment Day than cash. Same for Wild Willie.
"The Iceman Cometh." Even for Hill and Bill.
needs 17 million people to donate on average?
ABSOLUTELY. Been preaching this ten years. This is how the Dems are winning. They target organized funds in mass at one important item at a time no matter where it might be and overwhelm the opposition. We should have been doing the same years ago. Look at how easy that actually was.
If it gets the attention of the politicians, it’s done it’s job. It also gets people involved in the fight.
Yep... And there are those who fear this concept and how fast it happened. This has teeth, there is power in this, money talks.
• If we don’t reach our goal or come significantly close we will refund every single penny. We are working on a time frame to achieve.
Trump just donated his salary to restoring national cemeteries. A man donated 12 million to restore Wash. monument. There are ways.
Remember the 5 billion Hildabeast lost during her state department gig? Take it out of her hide.
The land is not an issue and hasn’t been since the Bush presidency. It’s just a mater of USING IT FOR THE PURPOSE IT WAS ALLOCATED
the Dims say the wall is a waste of tax payers money....well they won’t have that excuse any more if the fund gets high
and they will won’t be able to hide that behind that excuse for the real reason they don’t want the wall (welfare dependent voters)
Surprised GoFu**Me hasn’t already pulled the plugh.
Goodlatte has forgotten about, “of the people, by the people, for the people.”
We have no power, no self rule. no say on governance. We are living in tyranny.
if goodlatte is correct, that private citizens can’t donate to federal projects without congressional authorization, then i want my wwii memorial donation back, with interest. maybe he could pay me personally from his own pocket. that would make me a believer in what he is saying.
i watched goodlatte at some of the committee hearings this past year and he seemed well-intentioned, but feeble and forgetful.
Instead of asking fir 5 billion, they should ask for 5 million and allow private funds to fund it perhaps by a bond raising program
Let the Democrats shut down the government over that proposal then since they can,t hide behind it’s a waste of tax payers money BS
But Congress can take your money at gunpoint and use it to pay for abortions and all sorts of immoral shenanigans. Pay off mistresses. Pay off abused congressional staffers. Etc.
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