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Related: About this forumTexas has raised $54 million in private donations for its border wall plan. Almost all of it came
Texas has raised $54 million in private donations for its border wall plan. Almost all of it came from this one billionaire.by James Barragán and Carla Astudillo, Texas Tribune
An out-of-state billionaire who has previously bankrolled attempts to defend controversial immigration laws is responsible for nearly all the donations to Gov. Greg Abbotts $54 million border wall fund.
A member of one of Americas richest family dynasties, Timothy Mellon, contributed nearly 98% of the funds total donations when he donated $53.1 million in stock to the state in August, according to public records. Mellon is the 79-year-old Wyoming-based grandson of banking tycoon and former U.S. Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon.
Before Mellons donations, Abbotts private fundraising campaign had stalled at about $1.25 million around mid-August, two months after its launch a drop in the bucket for a project with a price tag estimated in the billions of dollars. But on Aug. 27, a state website that tracks donations to the crowdfunding effort said the fund had jumped to nearly $19 million. By the end of the month, it had topped $54 million.
The donations have since stalled again.
Mellon did not respond to multiple requests for comment made to his company, New Hampshire-based Pan Am Systems, and a marketing firm that handled publicity for his 2015 autobiography.
Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2021/10/06/timothy-mellon-texas-border-wall/
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Texas has raised $54 million in private donations for its border wall plan. Almost all of it came (Original Post)
TexasTowelie
Oct 2021
OP
$54M is spit in the ocean to build a border wall across Texas. Wouldn't even fix 45's joke of a wall
marble falls
Oct 2021
#3
nykym
(3,063 posts)1. Why stop at the boarder
do us all a favor and build a wall around your state, no exits.
4Q2u2
(1,406 posts)2. Is that
A-Hole able to use that "Donation" as a Tax write off?
I hope not.
marble falls
(57,405 posts)3. $54M is spit in the ocean to build a border wall across Texas. Wouldn't even fix 45's joke of a wall
cynical_idealist
(362 posts)4. It's anough for a nice billboard sign. Please don't come in!
Please don't come in!
It's not safe here.