Things Democrats Have Funded that Cost More than the Border Wall

grabien.com ^ | 1/09/19 | Tom Elliott

[blueyon]

Lawmakers have put less thought into other, more expensive projects over the years.

After President Trump requested $5.7 billion to fund the border wall he campaigned on in 2016, Democrats have dug in, refusing to appropriate the funds that the administration says are needed to better manage the flow of immigration across the southern border.

Democrats are not traditionally known for their fiscal rectitude but are being particularly parsimonious over what ultimately amounts to a very small percentage of the federal budget. (In 2018, the feds spent $4.173 trillion overall, meaning the border wall would amount to just 1/10th of 1 percent of current annual federal spending.)

Indeed, these lawmakers have happily funded various projects over the years that cost far more than the border wall — many of which had very questionable value. Below are some examples of wasteful federal spending projects that individually cost more than the proposed border wall (some data courtesy of Citizens Against Government Waste):

[blueyon]

Congress should be ashamed of themselves.....Fund the wall!

[ptsal]

Congress should be ashamed of themselves.

Congress has NO sense of SHAME.... Whores on both sides of the aisle.

[Pajamajan]

bttt

[Windflier]

"...the border wall would amount to just 1/10th of 1 percent of current annual federal spending."

The President and Senate Republicans should be hammering that one point home every chance they get.

[blueplum]

Trump is asking for the equivalent of 1700 shrimp treadmills

[Albion Wilde]

bump

[21twelve]

Not the big money items, but in the latter section they talk about the millions on dumb studies, etc.

Congress uses about $15 million dollars for postage a year.

They spend about $20 million on commercial flights a year.

There are YUGE savings to be had with the welfare system. And of course, just reducing the number of illegals in the USA, many (most?) of which are scamming the welfare system, would go a long way to covering the cost of the wall.

Heck, people send about $26 Billion dollars a year back to their families in Mexico from the USA. Put a 10% tax on it and in two years you would have the money for the wall.