Right or wrong, I was curious if you guys are okay with this.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/856172056932700164

The idea of paying for the wall by Mexico at least by me was never taken seriously. HOWEVER the increases of tarrifs/taxes to be paid by Mexico would in reality cause them to "pay for the wall".

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We need the wall now not later if he doesn't do it this budget it will never be done.  Not ok with this.

Did you read the tweet?  Do you not understand "...so we can get started early?"

"but at a later date"

Early but not now.  aka never

Eventually, but at a later date so we can get started early, Mexico riders will be paying, in some form, for the badly needed border wall rail transit system.

Ok with what?
Are we OK with the idea of building a wall?
Are we OK with the idea that the US might have to foot the bill?
Are we OK with the idea that Trump assures us Mexico will pay "in some way?"

I know you're okay with building the wall. I personally think we need more tracking dogs and other accouterments to border security rather than a physical wall. I guess with Trump's election, they could use all the polisci books ever written for mortar.

Yes, I'm asking about the other two questions, especially if it ends up shutting down the government this week. He started changing his mind this morning, but it sounded like his plan was to pay now, reimburse later. Not all 52 GOP Senators are okay with it (particularly the border States), and they still have to get 60 total votes to keep the lights on next week.

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, wants the billions of dollars confiscated from an infamous
Mexican drug lord to finance the construction of a wall on the Mexican-American border.

"Fourteen billion dollars will go a long way toward building a wall that will keep Americans
safe and hinder the illegal flow of drugs, weapons, and individuals across our southern
border," Cruz said Tuesday in a statement unveiling the El Chapo Act, named after the
drug kingpin who was extradited to the United States in January.

Cruz's bill, if implemented as conceived, would provide the $14 billion subject to confiscation
from El Chapo as well as money taken from drug lords arrested in future cases. It's a
bankshot at border funding designed to fulfill the spirit of President Trump's pledge to
"make Mexico pay" for the wall that has gained currency among some Republicans.

Unless you've lived as a border guard and dealt with the crap they have, you shouldn't say "RATHER THAN a physical wall". 

Only a physical barrier will send the message the US is no longer going to permit illegal entry.  THEN we add the electronic bells and whistles:  acoustic and motion sensors, night vision cameras, a second and third layer of barrier (fences) so someone detected between barriers is not as likely to evade border patrol, maybe even some experimental toys, too....

later date ==> when Mexico will pay

get started early ==> build the wall

Trying to explain simple English to you is like herding cats!

Mexico will never directly pay for the wall.  A trade war would fuck both sides and take a while to pay for it.  In the current budget a real wall can't be build.  It needs to be done in this years funding to actually stand a chance.  Other than that this shits dead in the water if it doesn't get fully funded this budget.

This year's budget ends in October.  We are talking about FY2018 budget.  You should study up on how the government works, or else your predictions and opinions might not carry the massive weight they do now!

 

You really are stupid ain'tcha  stop projecting.  This years budget will not build the wall.  IF the budget remains the same the wall ain't being built next year either.