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if they built the water plant instead, would they run / maintain that? keep in mind i'm against the wall itself so don't think my question means i support the wall.Budgetary reprogramming does not allow transfers from one Cabinet level department to another.
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Umm..yeah.. that question isn't germane to the case in point, the DoD (aka "The Pentagon") is proposing to move around funds from programs within the DoD to the Army Corps of Engineers, which is (last time I checked) also within the DoD.
Is the DOD going to own/control/patrol the fence after it is built?
Or will the DHS do all that?
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i just DO NOT support picking and choosing when you toss out guidelines like this. the DoD has built a lot of shit over the years, do they maintain them all or turn them over when done? what is standard? googling now to better understand but you just seem to have a few flares and when stuck, fire one off as if it makes a difference.
If they built the water treatment plant for the Marines that plant would be used in support of said Marines, thus it makes sense for them to pay for it.
The fence will have nothing to do with the DOD once it is paid for. The DOD will have nothing to do with the fence once it is paid for.
Well , one can certainly give you credit for being highly creative as you MAKE SHIT UP AS YOU GO ALONG.
Unfortunately for your little thesis , Federal spending doesn't work that way, if it did the Army Corps of Engineers wouldn't be doing things like building and maintaining dikes to protect the citizens of New Orleans from flooding.
The DOD is essentially telling the DHS...”here, use our money to build your fence”.
No genius, they're not, they're proposing building a fence/wall/whatever the fuck Donny and Crew are calling this waste of money these days based on a claim that it's necessary to defend the borders of the nation and by proxy American Sovereignty which could be interpreted by some as having something to do with National Defense.
Whether you believe that claim or not is irrelevant to the fact that what the DoD is proposing is neither unusual nor a violation of the budgetary reprogramming precedent.
As you said the ACOE maintains the dikes, they are actively involved in their maintenance and operation and the funding is approved by Congress.
None of those things will be true for the fence.
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