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Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)
Thu Feb 13, 2020, 04:48 PM Feb 2020

Pentagon plans to shift $3.8 billion in military funding to build border wall

Source: NBC News

Feb. 13, 2020, 3:11 PM EST

By Courtney Kube

The Pentagon plans to divert $3.8 billion in military funding to pay for the construction of hundreds of more miles of the southern border wall, according to a notice sent to Congress on Thursday.

The Department of Defense "reprogramming" notice says it plans to pull $2.2 billion from an account that funds counterdrug activities and another $1.6 billion from a war account known as the Overseas Contingency Operations fund.

The transfer of funds would have an impact on the purchase of new aircraft, vehicles and weapons — including Navy V-22 Osprey aircraft and parts for an Air Force reaper drone and F-35 planes, the notice says.

"DHS has identified areas along the southern border of the United States that are being used by individuals, groups, and transnational criminal organizations as drug smuggling corridors, and determined that the construction of additional physical barriers and roads in the vicinity of the United States border is necessary in order to impede and deny drug smuggling activities," the notice says.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/military/pentagon-plans-shift-3-8-billion-military-funding-build-border-n1136636



WTAF... *sigh*
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Pentagon plans to shift $3.8 billion in military funding to build border wall (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Feb 2020 OP
Sen Murphy: "The shortsightedness of this administration is dumbfounding." Dennis Donovan Feb 2020 #1
How much money has Trump put into the border wall already? dustyscamp Feb 2020 #2
Defund it all. C_U_L8R Feb 2020 #3
Well then... dhill926 Feb 2020 #4
Good point! BigmanPigman Feb 2020 #5
Exactly what I was thinking. denvine Feb 2020 #13
Stealing rockfordfile Feb 2020 #6
More walls to fall down keithbvadu2 Feb 2020 #7
Guess the check from Mexico got lost in the mail. edbermac Feb 2020 #8
But the Mexican rapists and drug dealers and terrorists will pay for it! Believe me! They will! Evolve Dammit Feb 2020 #9
DoD obviously has way more money than it knows how to DeminPennswoods Feb 2020 #10
Yeah, never mind those soldiers w/ TBI MissMillie Feb 2020 #11
Obama would never have gotten away with this bucolic_frolic Feb 2020 #12
I think I have a way to kill the wall idea dead. The Democrats need to pass a bill authorizing it cstanleytech Feb 2020 #14

Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)
1. Sen Murphy: "The shortsightedness of this administration is dumbfounding."
Thu Feb 13, 2020, 04:51 PM
Feb 2020


Chris Murphy ✔@ChrisMurphyCT

The shortsightedness of this administration is dumbfounding. The President is stealing money from programs that keep us safe during real national emergencies to fund his stupid border wall.

Lara Seligman ✔@laraseligman

Scoop: Trump is preparing to divert $3.8B in total from programs across DOD, including a controversial war account used to fund emergency requirements, as well as the procurement of ships, aircraft and Army vehicles, to build the wall. My latest https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/02/13/trump-national-guard-funding-border-wall-mexico/



3:46 PM - Feb 13, 2020


denvine

(796 posts)
13. Exactly what I was thinking.
Thu Feb 13, 2020, 11:20 PM
Feb 2020

That money could be put to better use since the military doesn't need it.

Evolve Dammit

(16,632 posts)
9. But the Mexican rapists and drug dealers and terrorists will pay for it! Believe me! They will!
Thu Feb 13, 2020, 07:25 PM
Feb 2020

Lions and tigers and bears, oh my. Please clap for 45. He's struggling here

DeminPennswoods

(15,246 posts)
10. DoD obviously has way more money than it knows how to
Thu Feb 13, 2020, 07:39 PM
Feb 2020

spend, so the House Ways and Means committee is fully justified in giving DoD's budget request not just a haircut, but a buzz cut.

MissMillie

(38,452 posts)
11. Yeah, never mind those soldiers w/ TBI
Thu Feb 13, 2020, 07:53 PM
Feb 2020

building a wall most security experts say is ridiculous.... well, that's more important.

cstanleytech

(26,080 posts)
14. I think I have a way to kill the wall idea dead. The Democrats need to pass a bill authorizing it
Fri Feb 14, 2020, 01:55 AM
Feb 2020

in the House however to pay for it the wealthy and corporations will see a significant increase in taxes.
The Republicans and Trump will then be trapped as if they really want the wall then they will have to support it and raise the taxes but if they do not want the wall they will have to say no.
Either way its a win for us.

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