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CFordUNC said:


Any of our “””””fiscal conservatives”””” or, in particular, our resident “”””libertarian”””” contrarian who claims to care about frivolous government spending above all else, want to weigh in on this?
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I'm incredibly skeptical of the math done by "Global Firepower", the fact that there's no link to find out what is included in the calculations and the reference to "ICE fund", not "budget" but, if true, that is ridiculous.

Edit: I'm skeptical of Time also, but they're showing a much different number:

Bill would pour $100 billion into ICE and border enforcement

In terms of immigration, the bill stands to significantly expand the capabilities of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Patrol (CBP).

ICE’s current annual budget is around $10 billion. Under the version of the bill that passed the Senate, the agency would receive an infusion of more than $100 billion through 2029: $45 billion for detention facilities, $46 billion for border wall operations in the U.S.-Mexico border and $14 billion for deportation operations.

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The ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Would Add Billions to ICE’s Budget

Under the Senate version of the bill, the agency would receive an infusion of more than $100 billion through 2029.
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ZenMode said:
I'm incredibly skeptical of the math done by "Global Firepower", the fact that there's no link to find out what is included in the calculations and the reference to "ICE fund", not "budget" but, if true, that is ridiculous.
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Agreed. You don’t have to take the word of whatever the hell “Global Firepower” is. You can simply read the Senate’s budget bill, see that there is $170 billion allocated for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), then go a swift little Google search, and find out what are the annual military/defense budgets of some of our biggest/closest allies: Germany ($88.5B), UK ($74B), France ($65B), and Japan ($55B).
 
CFordUNC said:
Agreed. You don’t have to take the word of whatever the hell “Global Firepower” is. You can simply read the Senate’s budget bill, see that there is $170 billion allocated for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), then go a swift little Google search, and find out what are the annual military/defense budgets of some of our biggest/closest allies: Germany ($88.5B), UK ($74B), France ($65B), and Japan ($55B).
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Yah, I would like to see a more secure border and for us to be more selective on who we let in but that much of an increase is ridiculous.
 
HandsonFire said:
Some Republican nut job is posting about “the massive Federal Healthcare fraud being exposed “ and how it’s funny the Democrats are silent on it. Seems like everyone is silent on it. Any clue on what he’s lying about?

Guess this is it. National Health Care Fraud Takedown Results in 324 Defendants Charged in Connection with Over $14.6 Billion in Alleged Fraud
I guess his position is these were all Democrats. My guess would be most of these people are Republicans.
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Hopefully they are all prosecuted, I don't care what party they are in, they should pay for their crimes.

Of course it is fraud, they may be required to run for president as a republican.

Seriously how can any republican even use the word fraud after electing a man convicted of fraud.
 
nycfan said:
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Those masks aren't inexpensive - about $30 a piece. The truck he's driving probably has close to 100 of them that are handed out. Did he pay for these out of pocket?

I think it's kind of a reach to charge him with a crime.

 
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