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It Trump was a smart man he would already have his wall financed.

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It Trump was a smart man he would already have his wall financed. He would ask the states of Texas and Arizona to float revenue bonds for the wall, backed up the federal government signing a lease purchase agreement with the states for the wall. The bonds would also include parts of the wall in New Mexico and California. To avoid having to get state legislature approval the states would sell the bonds to federal government on May 31st of each year, then the federal government would sell the bonds back before October 1st, to keep it off the federal budget.

The states would in turn hire the federal government to be the lead contractor for building the wall. Then the states would buy title insurance and bond insurance from insurance companies closely allied with Senator Schumer and Congresswoman Pelosi.

I have no idea where I came up with idea but it seems like a sensible way forward. Congress can say their not funding the wall because it’s never on the budget come October. Sure they’ll have to make lease payments but with some careful use of Clean Water Revolving Act funds, and other federal government grants, I’m sure the president can figure out revenue to make the lease payment without impacting the budget.

Snowman ????

Absentee Ballots and Party Line Voting

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ο»ΏThe other week, I happened to witness the opening of absentee ballots at a local board of elections. One thing that surprised me was how few people voted on minor party lines, and how consistent people were at voting across the row. While I am a Democrat, I don’t think I have ever voted across the line, nor even voted primarily on the major party lines. I often enjoy my right to vote on Working Families or Conservative line, or sometimes Green or Independence or Reform Party. I guess I’m just different.

VOA Vows Independence As Trump Calls For ‘Worldwide Network’

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VOA Vows Independence As Trump Calls For ‘Worldwide Network’

"President Franklin Roosevelt created the VOA during World War II to broadcast behind enemy lines what its current director, Amanda Bennett, said was "truthful news about the war, in contrast with Nazi propaganda." She said that, over the years, the mission hasn't really changed that much. "Our job is to do two things," she said."One is to tell America's story objectively to places that can't see it otherwise, and the other one is to bring objective news and information to places that have no other access to it. So we say that in a large part of the world we are the free press."

Roger Allen LaPorte – Wikipedia

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Roger Allen LaPorte – Wikipedia

I was reading a book about the Catholic Workers and Roger Laporte. I wonder how the media would cover his death today? Would it be seen as a national tragedy, a brave act of protest against injustice and the war, or just another crazy religious person who committed a serious crime against himself?