the megabill if passed in it's current form, would devote 1/6 of the entire GDP to ICE and related offices.

[TimFitz]

Lol. Why shouldn't it?

The law is made to be obeyed, correct? Or are you just for selective application?

All laws apply in every situation. Never should they rest.

That is not what your beloved fuhre believes.

 

[Rawley]

Well, it's regular math,

What kind do you use?

THe kind where the numbers you cited don't come close to $5TRILLION. An order of magnitude off.

 

[Crepitus]

Lol. Why shouldn't it?

The law is made to be obeyed, correct? Or are you just for selective application?

All laws apply in every situation. Never should they rest.

I cannot believe you supposedly fiscally responsible types are ok with this.

I suppose it's just more proof that you only have tRump's opinion, not your own.

 

[Crepitus]

That math doesn't sound right.

So
$45 B

• $29.9 Billion
• 46.6 Billion
• 10 Billion

= 131.5 Billion.

Not 5 Trillion.

Or 1/6 of GDP.

And then there's $46.6 billion for border wall construction and even more for facilities ($5 billion), personnel ($4.1 billion), bonuses ($2.05 billion) and vehicles ($855 million).

more like $145 billion but you are correct, I saw that in another link and didn't check enough.

Plus that link has been substantially edited since I posted it.

 

[martybegan]

I cannot believe you supposedly fiscally responsible types are ok with this.

I suppose it's just more proof that you only have tRump's opinion, not your own.

We spend money now to save money in the long run.

 

[Independent thinker]

The bill would provide $45 billion to build immigration jails “for single adult alien detention capacity and family residential center capacity” — a 13-fold increase over ICE’s 2024 detention budget, according to a National Immigration Law Center analysis.

The bill also allocates $29.9 billion in additional funding for ICE activities, including hiring thousands of new immigration agents and giving them huge bonuses, some up to 5 figures just for signing up., as well as for transportation contracts for moving their victims.

And then there's $46.6 billion for border wall construction and even more for facilities ($5 billion), personnel ($4.1 billion), bonuses ($2.05 billion) and vehicles ($855 million).

Plus $10 billion for a “State Border Security Reinforcement Fund,” which would compensate states that build their own border walls, “interdict” unauthorized migrants and “relocate” those migrants elsewhere in the country. ( basically paying texas and florida to shuffle them somewhere else.

That all adds up to nearly $5 trillion.

Which is a lotta money to spend on screwing up the country.

Trump's Bill Could Turn The U.S. Into A Police State

ICE’s detention budget would increase 13-fold, on top of billions for other infrastructure and thousands of new officers across federal law enforcement.

www.huffpost.com

If we keep on going the way we are, ICE won't be needed as much anymore. The flooding to the border by illegals has stopped. That kind of pays for itself.