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posted by mrpg on Saturday December 15 2018, @05:05PM   Printer-friendly
from the Buy-a-Brick,-Build-a-Wall-Act dept.

Submitted via IRC for SoyCow1984

As President Donald Trump threatened to allow a government shutdown if Congress did not provide funding for his proposed wall along the Mexican border, a Republican congressman from Ohio offered up alternative routes to getting the wall built: through Internet crowdfunding or through an initial coin offering.

During an interview with NPR's Morning Edition on December 12, Rep. Warren Davidson said that he had offered what he referred to as a "modest proposal" in the form of his "Buy a Brick, Build a Wall Act." The bill, which he submitted on November 30, would authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to accept monetary gifts from anyone "on the condition that it be used to plan, design, construct, or maintain a barrier along the international border between the United States and Mexico." The funds would go into an account called the "Border Wall Trust Fund," and a public website would be set up to process donations electronically.

Rep. Davidson told NPR's Steve Inskeep that the donations could come from anyone and be gathered in a number of ways."You could do it with this sort of, like, crowdfunding site," Davidson explained. "Or you could do it with blockchain—you could have Wall Coins."

Source: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/12/ohio-congressman-we-can-fund-border-wall-with-wallcoin/


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  • (Score: 4, Troll) by Runaway1956 on Saturday December 15 2018, @05:45PM (14 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Saturday December 15 2018, @05:45PM (#774842) Journal

    I could probably rent a trunk, and haul 20 tons of bricks to the border, cheaper than Uncle Sam can put one single brick in place. Can I get a volunteer to bring a truckload of mortar? And, we can all draft our lay-about-kids into furnishing labor.

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  • (Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 15 2018, @05:54PM (8 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 15 2018, @05:54PM (#774850)

    You sound just as delusional as trump. "I can do this myself". Ugh, a pair of imbeciles you are.

    • (Score: 1, Troll) by Runaway1956 on Saturday December 15 2018, @06:02PM (7 children)

      by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Saturday December 15 2018, @06:02PM (#774854) Journal

      How about some hypocrites? Watch the vidya - https://twitter.com/twitter/statuses/1073327086037741568 [twitter.com]

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 15 2018, @07:25PM (6 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 15 2018, @07:25PM (#774894)

        How about some hypocrites?

        No thanks, reading posts by assholes is enough for me.

        BTW, your "pay attention to me, I'm a provocateur!" schtick leaves you with zero credibility. Why would anyone ever follow any link you post?

        • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday December 15 2018, @07:29PM (5 children)

          by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Saturday December 15 2018, @07:29PM (#774899) Journal

          Don't follow the link. Remain ignorant. No sweat off my ass, is it? In America, you have the right to be as ignorant as you choose to be. I think the UN guarantees that right as well.

          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 15 2018, @07:59PM (2 children)

            by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 15 2018, @07:59PM (#774910)

            Sweet jesus, you actually linked to Trump's twitter post "Let’s not do a shutdown, Democrats - do what’s right for the American People!"

            The fuck is wrong with you? A video where Hillary and Obama say we need tougher security? A video where Hillary is doing political pandering to a group of older people? Color me shocked.

            You are an imbecile. Border security is great, a stupid wall is not and I can't believe you are promoting such a corrupt infrastructure project. I mean how would they get over the wall? “Once they get up there,” he said, “there will be no way to get down. Well, maybe a rope, but...” -RDJT

            Did I mention you're a stupid bigoted piece of crap? It is ok, I can never mention that enough.

            • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 16 2018, @04:42AM (1 child)

              by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 16 2018, @04:42AM (#775055)

              I know, right? Israel must also be full of a bunch of retards!

              • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 16 2018, @04:21PM

                by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 16 2018, @04:21PM (#775116)

                Israel is a modern realization of Nazi Germany. All they've done is swap out Aryans for Jews and decide instead of exterminating themselves, they'll exterminate the Palestinians.

                If anything, it's another example of how abuse causes abuse. When somebody or even an entire ethnic group apparently is severely abused, the abused becomes the abuser. Though abuse is a rather light term for genocide.

                The only way out of the cycle of abuse is compassion, as Jesus taught. We don't have to be religious to see the wisdom in these ancient teachings.

          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 15 2018, @08:36PM

            by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 15 2018, @08:36PM (#774919)

            " In America, you have the right to be as ignorant as you choose to be."

            And there is no better example of that than our intrepid Runaway!!!

          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 16 2018, @12:44AM

            by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 16 2018, @12:44AM (#774989)

            Don't follow the link. Remain ignorant.

            But following your link would make me ignorant. Not to mention stupid for following you.

            Only you know best, right? Only you can educate those who disagree with you, right? Only you, only you, only you. News flash, Chachi, only you thinks that only you are the answer. Only you thinks you are the solution. Only you thinks you know anything.

  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 15 2018, @09:18PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 15 2018, @09:18PM (#774930)

    Is that you Fortunato?

  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 16 2018, @02:42AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 16 2018, @02:42AM (#775018)

    And, we can all draft our lay-about-kids into furnishing labor.

    Why don't you hire some mexicans? They do good work and they work cheap.

    • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday December 16 2018, @03:08AM (2 children)

      by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Sunday December 16 2018, @03:08AM (#775028) Journal

      So, you're one of those who would exploit the illegals? That's hypocritical. Besides, once that supply of cheap labor is cut off, out kids are going to need to know how to work. They need the training. Otherwise, they'll starve when we start shutting off all the welfare handouts.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 16 2018, @04:48AM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 16 2018, @04:48AM (#775058)

        Oh wow. The meth hypothesis sounds compelling, as does the agent provocateur theory. If agent provocateur then this little exchange gives us some information. A draft is coming to the US soon, likely after the first skirmishes of World War 3. The media will sell it as propaganda about how enlisting in the military is the only hope for all of the incels.