then how did the wwii memorial get built?
as i recall, i donated money for the wwii memorial. it got built. presumably the feds built it since it is at the dc mall. i never received a refund. maybe i am missing something (what).
Trump just donated his salary to restoring national cemeteries. A man donated 12 million to restore Wash. monument. There are ways.
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.
“then how did the wwii memorial get built?”
Congress specifically authorized the use of donations for that purpose, as they did for the Washington Monument over a century ago.
It takes as many votes to authorize the use of donations for building the wall, as it does to just fund it directly. But Congress could likely provide a thousand times what donations could.
Non-appropriated funds are used for many purposes, like fees in National Parks, or commisary profits used for Military health and welfare programs. They require specific Congressional Authorization.
We need to stop calling it a Wall, and start calling it a monument to the brave, undocumented immigrants.