Ted Cruz: "Make El Chapo Pay for the Wall". I like it.

[Grokmaster]

I love this idea...which could be extended to a variety of areas, and a variety of legal asset seizures!

Should have used Iran's previously frozen assets to fight Iranian-sponsored terrorism , for example, instead of retuening it to them for use in financing their attacks in Syria, etc.

Use any seized assets from cyber hackers to fund advancements in cyber security...etc...etc...


Ted Cruz Is Right: Make El Chapo Pay for the Wall


It would be poetic justice, is deliciously named, and wouldn’t cost the taxpayers a dime. It doesn’t make Mexico pay for the wall, just one particular Mexican who has done great injury to the people of the United States and who is responsible for a major part of drugs flooding into the United States.

Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) introduced a bill calling for the use of $14 billion seized from cartel drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to be used to pay for the President’s border wall between the U.S. and Mexico.

“Fourteen billion dollars will go a long way toward building a wall that will keep Americans safe and hinder the illegal flow of drugs, weapons, and individuals across our southern border,” Senator Cruz stated, according to a statement obtained by Breitbart Texas from the senator’s office…

The Texas senator said that leveraging criminally forfeited assets from El Chapo and other Mexican cartel members and drug dealers can “offset the wall’s cost and make meaningful progress toward achieving President Trump’s stated border security objectives.”







https://www.americanthinker.com/art...Yvzpjpn94WL_60mHAVLLu5YTzt3bVWE2oqypOznFMFqJY

 

[Hawkeye10]

Ted Cruz has a good idea.

THAT does not happen every day!

 

[Grokmaster]

Ted Cruz has a good idea.

THAT does not happen every day!

And it should be expanded to other areas as well, IMHO...

 

[Praxas]

I love this idea...which could be extended to a variety of areas, and a variety of legal asset seizures!

Should have used Iran's previously frozen assets to fight Iranian-sponsored terrorism , for example, instead of retuening it to them for use in financing their attacks in Syria, etc.

Use any seized assets from cyber hackers to fund advancements in cyber security...etc...etc...


Ted Cruz Is Right: Make El Chapo Pay for the Wall


It would be poetic justice, is deliciously named, and wouldn’t cost the taxpayers a dime. It doesn’t make Mexico pay for the wall, just one particular Mexican who has done great injury to the people of the United States and who is responsible for a major part of drugs flooding into the United States.

Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) introduced a bill calling for the use of $14 billion seized from cartel drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to be used to pay for the President’s border wall between the U.S. and Mexico.

“Fourteen billion dollars will go a long way toward building a wall that will keep Americans safe and hinder the illegal flow of drugs, weapons, and individuals across our southern border,” Senator Cruz stated, according to a statement obtained by Breitbart Texas from the senator’s office…

The Texas senator said that leveraging criminally forfeited assets from El Chapo and other Mexican cartel members and drug dealers can “offset the wall’s cost and make meaningful progress toward achieving President Trump’s stated border security objectives.”







https://www.americanthinker.com/art...Yvzpjpn94WL_60mHAVLLu5YTzt3bVWE2oqypOznFMFqJY

Yeah, screw the homeless veterans that need help, instead let's build a wall. :roll: You guys continually show why conservatives should not be in charge of any government branch.

 

[Skeptic Bob]

The wall isn’t going to affect the smuggling of the cartel’s drugs. Over 95% of drugs coming in nowadays come via water, not land or air.

 

[Winston]

The wall isn’t going to affect the smuggling of the cartel’s drugs. Over 95% of drugs coming in nowadays come via water, not land or air.

They also come in through legal (but, for the drugs) entries.

 

[Manc Skipper]

Make Felito and his pals pay their taxes to build the wall they want. Don's foundation can chip in....oh wait........

 

[Quaestio]

"You're going to build a $25 billion wall that can be defeated by a $25 ladder?" -Vicente Fox Quesada

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/stupid-...resident-of-mexico-s-message-for-donald-trump

 

[Skeptic Bob]

"You're going to build a $25 billion wall that can be defeated by a $25 ladder?" -Vicente Fox Quesada

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/stupid-...resident-of-mexico-s-message-for-donald-trump

I don’t know. The wall is pretty tall. It might take a $50 ladder.

 

[Lovebug]

Isn't shorty a tunnel man?
Where do legal asset seizures usually go?

 

[RaleBulgarian]

Should have used Iran's previously frozen assets to fight Iranian-sponsored terrorism , for example, instead of retuening it to them for use in financing their attacks in Syria, etc.

To be clear, frozen assets and forfeited assets aren’t the same. The first is property still own by the country/individual, but held by a government, pending resolution. The latter is illegally obtained property confiscated by a government.

 

[Lovebug]

"You're going to build a $25 billion wall that can be defeated by a $25 ladder?" -Vicente Fox Quesada

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/stupid-...resident-of-mexico-s-message-for-donald-trump

Pretty brazen, don't you think? How does he think about Mexico's borders? Of course the man, and the country in general, benefits nicely from spitting on our immigration laws. It is not a laughing matter?

 

[Quaestio]

I don’t know. The wall is pretty tall. It might take a $50 ladder.

You could be right.

 

[trouble13]

I hate the idea.

I think it's a horrible idea to allow the gov to profit from seized assets.

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[beefheart]

Gotta keep the rubes all riled up.:lamo

 

[Lovebug]

You could be right.

Catapult competitions.

 

[calamity]

I love this idea...which could be extended to a variety of areas, and a variety of legal asset seizures!

Should have used Iran's previously frozen assets to fight Iranian-sponsored terrorism , for example, instead of retuening it to them for use in financing their attacks in Syria, etc.

Use any seized assets from cyber hackers to fund advancements in cyber security...etc...etc...


Ted Cruz Is Right: Make El Chapo Pay for the Wall


It would be poetic justice, is deliciously named, and wouldn’t cost the taxpayers a dime. It doesn’t make Mexico pay for the wall, just one particular Mexican who has done great injury to the people of the United States and who is responsible for a major part of drugs flooding into the United States.

Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) introduced a bill calling for the use of $14 billion seized from cartel drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to be used to pay for the President’s border wall between the U.S. and Mexico.

“Fourteen billion dollars will go a long way toward building a wall that will keep Americans safe and hinder the illegal flow of drugs, weapons, and individuals across our southern border,” Senator Cruz stated, according to a statement obtained by Breitbart Texas from the senator’s office…

The Texas senator said that leveraging criminally forfeited assets from El Chapo and other Mexican cartel members and drug dealers can “offset the wall’s cost and make meaningful progress toward achieving President Trump’s stated border security objectives.”







https://www.americanthinker.com/art...Yvzpjpn94WL_60mHAVLLu5YTzt3bVWE2oqypOznFMFqJY

1980 Conservatives: Tear down that Wall!

2018 Conservatives: Build me a Wall or I’ll hold my breath until my face turns blue!



And people wonder why I quit the GOP...

 

[Arby]

1980 Conservatives: Tear down that Wall!

2018 Conservatives: Build me a Wall or I’ll hold my breath until my face turns blue!



And people wonder why I quit the GOP...

Probably because you didn't realize that wall divided the same country?

 

[JustHanging]

Ted Cruz has a good idea.

THAT does not happen every day!

Um, no, it's a stupid idea. What a waste of money. Why? This should be required viewing for all Trump supporters:




Do you have any evidence that a wall is a cost effective way of stopping illegal immigration, or drug smuggling? Besides "My bible told me so!" or "My Trump told me so!"

 

[eohrnberger]

Walls of Separation
An Analysis of Three 'Successful' Border Walls
BY ESTEBAN FLORES
July 27, 2017
In November of 1989, the Socialist Unity Party, the Communist leaders of the East German state, announced that citizens of East Berlin were free to cross the border into the West, and the wall that had divided Berlin came crumbling to the ground. To many observers, this action symbolized the dawn of a new period of globalization, migration, and interconnection of nations—the world could now be united in an era of peace.

In reality, more walls have gone up since the event than ever before.

Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, the number of border walls between nations has more than quadrupled. According to Elisabeth Valet, a researcher at the University of Quebec, there are more than 65 walls currently standing or under construction. Unlike the Berlin Wall, which was meant to keep people in, most of these walls were built to keep people out by deterring illegal immigration, stopping the flow of contraband, or protecting citizens from crimes. While many were shocked by US President Donald Trump’s plans to build a border wall, a wall is by no means uncommon among both developing and developed nations. Countries such as Hungary, Britain, Bulgaria, Norway, Turkey, and Myanmar have all built walls on their borders, raising the question: would a wall along the US-Mexico border be successful?

According to Trump, such a border wall would be instrumental in stopping illegal immigration and thwarting drug cartels—a claim that has proven contentious among many experts. This article will examine three border walls in Israel, Egypt, and Spain that were erected for those same purposes; it will then show that a US-Mexico border wall could be effective, but not at the cost of its high price tag.

Israel’s Southern Immigration Border
Egypt’s Steel Barrier with Gaza
Spain’s Fence with Africa

Those who continue to purport that walls don't work seem to be contradicted by facts on the ground, so just more political propaganda from the usual, and suspect, sources.

 

[Hawkeye10]

Um, no, it's a stupid idea. What a waste of money. Why? This should be required viewing for all Trump supporters:




Do you have any evidence that a wall is a cost effective way of stopping illegal immigration, or drug smuggling? Besides "My bible told me so!" or "My Trump told me so!"

You would do better with me if you were willing to pay a little attention to who I am and what I believe, for instance I have never been a Christian and I have been Zen for many decades.

You dont get to substitute your fantasies of what a Trump supporter is for me.

You also so consider not assuming that I am stupider than you are.

 

[Fletch]

I don’t know. The wall is pretty tall. It might take a $50 ladder.

There is a fence there now, are they using ladders? Plus, once you use a ladder on the mexican side, how do you get down?

 

[Bullseye]

Yeah, screw the homeless veterans that need help, instead let's build a wall. :roll: You guys continually show why conservatives should not be in charge of any government branch.

You guys never get tired of changing the subject or deflecting the conversation do you? If Cruz had said "use El Chapo's money to help veterans" you have said "we should use that money to build the wall".

 

[Bullseye]

"You're going to build a $25 billion wall that can be defeated by a $25 ladder?" -Vicente Fox Quesada

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/stupid-...resident-of-mexico-s-message-for-donald-trump

LOL, right now the border's defeated by just walking through the gaps or stepping between two strands of wire.

 

[Rexedgar]

There is a fence there now, are they using ladders? Plus, once you use a ladder on the mexican side, how do you get down?

Really? I need to post this real slow......you ..climb.......up.........ladder............straddle..........the...........wall.............and....
.........pull...........the...........ladder..................up................and ............drop.............the.............ladder.............on.........the.............US............side..................and , then, and then........