Boca
Governor
I think that's the third? At any rate, non-starter means no negotiations whatsoever. Ipso facto, Democrats now own this shutdown.
And little arithmetic proves it. The FY 2019 spending (I'd like to say budget but Congress doesn't do that anymore) but spending will be about $4,407 trillion. President Trump's request of $5 billion works out to about 0.00125% of that. Look at it another way....that's $8.38 million per minute, 24/7/365, or 6.8 minutes out of the year's spending plan. So the Pelosi-Schumer talking point for dummies is absurd.
But, there's real world arithmetic and there's Democrat political arithmetic. It goes like this. if a few Americans are murdered by border crossers, or some die of imported disease, or of heroin overdoses, and some happen to be Democrat likely voters, so what, no big deal. But if a Democrat dare vote in favor of spending 6.8 minutes worth of money for the wall, he or she will instantly lose 25-30% of their voting base and their cushy job to boot.
That's how it works. It's part arithmetic but mostly calculus.
And little arithmetic proves it. The FY 2019 spending (I'd like to say budget but Congress doesn't do that anymore) but spending will be about $4,407 trillion. President Trump's request of $5 billion works out to about 0.00125% of that. Look at it another way....that's $8.38 million per minute, 24/7/365, or 6.8 minutes out of the year's spending plan. So the Pelosi-Schumer talking point for dummies is absurd.
But, there's real world arithmetic and there's Democrat political arithmetic. It goes like this. if a few Americans are murdered by border crossers, or some die of imported disease, or of heroin overdoses, and some happen to be Democrat likely voters, so what, no big deal. But if a Democrat dare vote in favor of spending 6.8 minutes worth of money for the wall, he or she will instantly lose 25-30% of their voting base and their cushy job to boot.
That's how it works. It's part arithmetic but mostly calculus.
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