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SHRED

(28,136 posts) Wed Jun 20, 2018, 10:17 AM Jun 2018

Trump admin's 'tent cities' cost more than keeping migrant kids with parents

Fiscal conservatism was always a lie.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna884871?__twitter_impression=true

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Trump admin's 'tent cities' cost more than keeping migrant kids with parents (Original Post) SHRED Jun 2018 OP

...so we will just have to take away your SS and Medicare to pay for it. Zoonart Jun 2018 #1

Yeah, and it horrifies me of what they'll do next after they figure that one out. Hugin Jun 2018 #2

Zoonart

(11,881 posts)

1. ...so we will just have to take away your SS and Medicare to pay for it.

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Wed Jun 20, 2018, 10:21 AM

Jun 2018

There... finished the sentence for him.

Hugin

(33,222 posts)

2. Yeah, and it horrifies me of what they'll do next after they figure that one out.

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Wed Jun 20, 2018, 10:23 AM

Jun 2018

Once you remove children from their guardian/parent they become the sole responsibility of the state. Which is fricking expensive!

Dumbasses stumbled right into this one...

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