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[Sandy]

I bet Trump wouldn't have wanted a fence or wall between the US and Mexico when all the Mexicans were working on his building sites illegally, and for well under the minimum wage..

IMHO which ever way you cut it, having a government shutdown over christmas because he wants around $6 billion for a barrier between the US and Mexico is pretty harsh on the 800,000 plus government workers who aren't getting paid, and haven't been for 3 weeks now, few of them have rich fathers they can go to and get money to pay the mortgage or feed and clothe their children, that was how Trump started out in the business world, rich daddy gives a dodgy loan worth millions, as a result he doesn't know what it's like to live from paycheck to paycheck like all the government workers..

IMO Trump will lose both popularity and votes over this, 800,00 workers will be getting annoyed at least because they aren't getting paid and no return to work date in the forseeable future, then there's all the extended families and friends of those workers seeing those folk going without.. I have to wonder how long it'll be before either anti Trump, or anti wall people will start protesting and saying get the government staff back to work..

I note in the news to that there's been a number of deaths in the national parks since the shutdown, I wonder how many more are needed before someone says enough, either pay the staff and get them working, or close all national parks for safety sake, preferably get the workers back to work..

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Outlaw, I notice Trump walked out of his meeting with Pelosi and whoever the other day because he didn't get what he wanted, IMO it's his job to try and negotiate a settlement rather than throw a tanty and walk out, by acting the way he is, he is in my opinion showing he doesn't vare if the 800,000 plus government workers get paid or not..

I also don't think calling a national emergency and taking money from the military budget for a wall is a good idea, it has to be replaced some how, I wonder how many Trump supporters would support tax increases to give back the military funding?