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Easy solution, the Dems can help fund the wall and the shutdown is over. Why not? They've repeatedly says walls don't work anyway, and the cost of the wall is a
by jquery 8y ago
Easy solution, the Dems can help fund the wall and the shutdown is over. Why not? They've repeatedly says walls don't work anyway, and the cost of the wall is a rounding error in the federal budget.
- techslave 8y agoit’s not the cost really. although it will easily balloon to 5x the cost (initial overrun plus maintenance) it’s still too small to care about. the shutdown has probably already cost more than the nominal wall cost. the problem is it’s a symbolic, umm symbol that is hard to walk back from. another problem with your argument is that it’s blame shifting.