Alabama bill would allow people to donate tax refunds to border wall company
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https://www.al.com/news/2019/03/bill-to-allow-alabama-tax-refund-dollars-to-go-to-border-wall-advances.html?utm_source=reddit.com
A bill to allow Alabama taxpayers to donate a portion of their state income tax refunds to a private organization supporting President Trump’s proposed wall on the border with Mexico
won approval today in a state Senate committee.
The bill, by Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh, R-Anniston, would add a line to Alabama state income tax forms so taxpayers could give to We Build the Wall Incorporated, which was
started by Air Force veteran Brian Kolfage, who lost both legs and his right arm in a rocket attack in the Iraq war.
Alabama law already allows tax refund donations for 18 organizations or causes. Examples include the Child Abuse Trust Fund, the Alabama Veterans Program, the Foster Care Trust
Fund, the Alabama Breast and Cervical Cancer Program, and the Children First Trust Fund.Marsh said his bill allows Alabama resident to contribute to a cause he believes most
support. “I believe Alabamians support building the wall overwhelmingly,” Marsh said.
Sen. Linda Coleman-Madison, D-Birmingham, said people who support the wall can donate to the effort without getting state government involved. “I think this brings government
into a volatile issue that is very controversial,” Coleman-Madison said.''
Same guy behind the border wall gofundme
I'm still baffled that American Republicans are this fucking big of suckers to be told and then cheer "MAKE MEXICO PAY!" and then immediately donate their own, personal money into it
Not even taxes being diverted to it, but their own take-home income, their pocket money, and shovel it at the wall. Jesus.
About 90% of white people in the state of Alabama support Trump so this will likely not be a small amount of money, if they know about the tax form that is.
You know what they say about fools and their money.
Universal Healthcare? Sounds like communism
Paying trillions of dollars to build a wall? Take all my money and then some.
Regardless of how dumb the idea of the wall is, private organizations should not be allowed to contribute to public projects. Doing so is a huge breach of ethics and would allow private organizations to influence the outcomes of public projects, outside of the democratic process.
I think the private market should be offering various wall systems, in fact the government should be out of building walls on the border, let the free market decide where the walls have to be! there's hundreds of contractors ready to supply the wall if only we get the government out of the market and let them meet the demand!
Unsurprisingly, this would probably lead to a series of private drone-observation services along the border, which is just the private sector version of what every sane individual wants out of land-border security in the first place
Spend a cool few million in more drones and hire a few more desk jockeys to look at footage and data and call border patrol when they spot anyone, all at like .1% the cost of an actual wall. All the excess funds can go towards making sure anyone caught at the border is given good care and returned home safely, or even speed up their asylum process if they need it.
holy wow, the best money ever, tax refunds, and you're gonna give it back to build A FUCKING WALL
truly the absolute dumbest
joke: money for health insurance? not a cent to spare
woke: money for useless wall? donate whole tax refund
Ineffective xenophobia-based signalling is something conservatives are willing to pay for out of their own pockets. They always were. "Mexico is gonna pay for it" was just buzz they can use to hype it to others.
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