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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/
(Score: 5, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 15 2018, @07:52PM (6 children)
Ah yes, the super scary MILITARY AGE MALES! Ooooh, "the ones with gang tats" didn't make it onto the TV screen? How did you find out about them? Was it infowars? Fox News? C'mon, spill the beans, who sent you the gang tat pics!?!?
That shit you said there is some anti-male bullshit, check your privilege son.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 15 2018, @10:15PM (3 children)
The term "military age male" is also implicitly misandrist. It presumes that all males that appear to be between certain ages are violent criminals and soldiers.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 16 2018, @02:05AM (1 child)
To a first approximation, that is a reasonable presumption. The counter-examples are certainly a minority, and in violent cultures a very small one.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 16 2018, @04:04AM
As can be witnessed on this forum with the sociopathic milquetoasters round here.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 17 2018, @12:34AM
Don't you mean "military aged males without bone spurs"?
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 16 2018, @04:27AM (1 child)
I mean, Europe got boatloads of 'military aged males' and just look at the enrichment they're now enjoying!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 17 2018, @03:06AM
Sometimes when they say "Cultural enrichment" they mean "your babies are not dark enough".
Sometimes the females may get a say in whether or not they want said sperm. Hard to refuse being serviced by a dozen studs. All willing to help spread multiculturalism.