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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: 1, Touché) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday December 16 2018, @02:56AM (5 children)
No thanks, I like my head and my organs where they are, thank you very much.
(Score: 0, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 16 2018, @03:08AM (4 children)
Well, then I guess you better stay out of those cities you mentioned.
*sigh* you really believe all the fake news about the place? I mean, you're not really a dopey, Walmart shopping, drooling, mouth breathing redneck, are you?
(Score: -1, Troll) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday December 16 2018, @03:22AM (3 children)
I don't get the appeal. I've been to a few different cities there, but everything I can get there I can get here and not have to fear for my life or being shaken down by the cops (yes, that does happen a lot, especially in border Mexico -- your party is gonna pay at least 400 bucks for a get-out-of-jail free ticket).
I'm not enough of a Jew to think that the price point is worth the hassle and in case you were about to tell me "don't go do the touristy shit, go see real Mexico," yeah no. I was considering trying to travel to Europe before they imported all the dregs from Africa and the Middle-East. If I wanted to see a filthy third-world tent-city in the streets I don't even have to leave San Diego, I could just walk over to East village.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 16 2018, @03:27AM (1 child)
:-) Ah well, you sure do stay on script, damn near like a robot
Peace out, man!
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 16 2018, @04:02AM
You kidding me? He just said he "isn't enough of a Jew" which means he is part Jewish.
I think we may be witnessing the rebirth of Hitler
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 16 2018, @07:01AM
Man, you're just like the Trump People. You'll believe any bullshit that shares your bias. Maybe you really are a knuckle draggin' okie.