Posted on 12/26/2018 3:00:51 PM PST by Moseley
A total of $17,313,633 had been donated by 284,843 individuals in just 9 days as of late afternoon December 26, to fund part of the border wall. The campaign is a GoFundMe appeal started by U.S. Air Force veteran and triple-amputee Brian Kolfage. His campaign has more information at www.WeFundTheWall.com. A parallel appeal by the American Border Foundation has raised another $191,755 at www.FundTheWall.com.
Attempting to discourage this effort, Democrats and the mainstream news media are arguing that the government is not allowed to accept donations for a specific purpose, Congress would have to vote on it, and — to subtly sow doubts — “it isn’t clear” how this would work. The surge of popular support undercuts the narrative of open borders activists that the border wall is not popular or that support for Trump is eroding.
Criticism from ABC News, Democrats and others that it isn’t clear how this would work doesn’t mean that the organizers have doubts. Brian Kolfage declares that his group has contacts discussing the plans with the Trump Administration. The American Border Foundation claims to have an even more extensive plan worked out.
So can private donations help build Trump’s border wall with Mexico? I will say yes, as an attorney for 21 years, having worked for both Judicial Watch and Larry Klayman’s current Freedom Watch, and worked for five years in the federal government including in budgeting and expenditure issues.
First, let’s start with the clincher: Who would object? Courts state and federal have been waging a war on citizens who want to hold their government to the law. Courts keep raising the bar on who has “standing” to bring a lawsuit in court, closing the door on the courts to the citizens who pay for them.
(Excerpt) Read more at bigleaguepolitics.com ...
Trump has already fought and won
the environment battle.
The message is the most potent part of this deal...the money raised so far is a lagniappe but the message is clear that the people want this.
About right for government construction.
The constructing company has to factor into the bid the inevitable Environmental Impact Statements, cost of litigation from various groups trying to stop them, dealing with congressional inquiries, etc, etc. It REALLY drives up the costs.
I heard they are raising money for ladders to scale the wall.
You should post the entire article and not just the excerpt.
Most publications don’t allow posting the entire article. They warn Free Republic, and Free Republic automatically rejects the entire article for those publications. One has to post the excerpt under copyright laws.
I don’t know why so many people can’t just click on the link to read the whole article. That’s not really very hard.
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