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In reply to the discussion: Why don't we give him the wall for healthcare? [View all]Leith
(7,802 posts)44. Hell No
Some posters hinted at this, but I will say it outright:
We do not want a single Democratic vote for that wall.
It's racist. It's a stupid idea. It's bad for the local ecology. It's bad international relations. It's expensive. Here's another reason it's stupid: very few undocumented people are crossing the desert and swimming the Rio Grande. They are entering the country with visas and not leaving when the visas expire. A wall does nothing to stop that.
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True. It's VERY expensive. And parts can't be done, probably. There's a river, for one thing.
Honeycombe8
May 2017
#47
Expensive ineffective environmental disaster, smothered in racist scapegoating
struggle4progress
May 2017
#10
Furthermore, Trump isn't even aware of the health-care details. It's Ryan who is driving this wreck.
WinkyDink
May 2017
#18
First, the "Border Wall" is a metaphor for a 21st century Iron Curtain to keep us IN ...
Hekate
May 2017
#21
I wouldn't piss in his mouth if his throat were on fire. Please excuse my language.
mahatmakanejeeves
May 2017
#28
Crossings are way down. Why make it into a defacto war zone? Most undocumenteds ....
Hekate
May 2017
#62
I was thinking even if the poster isn't concerned with the cost, human toll or neighborly relations
lunasun
May 2017
#56
You agree with the immigration policy and new procedures? The wall is PART of that that cannot be s
bettyellen
May 2017
#59
For one thing it could potentially lead to the extinction of jaguars, ocelots, Mexican gray wolf.
herding cats
May 2017
#61