Friday, November 02, 2018

TANSTAAFBW

TANSTAAFL means "There ain't no such thing as a free lunch. TANSTAAFBW means "There ain't no such thing as a free border wall." One of the most bizarre moments of the 2016 campaign was when Trump kept promising that there would be a big beautiful wall on the US-Mexico border and that Mexico would pay for it. He even repeated that piece of bovine excrement after he met with the Mexican President and the Mexican President told him on no uncertain terms that Mexico ain't paying for any wall. So, Trump still wants a wall, but he hasn't told us on whom he intends to increase taxes in order to get that wall. And since the economic successes he touts is still increasing the deficit, the question is a fair one. Are the Trump business enterprises willing to pay higher taxes so that the wall with Mexico can be built? Or maybe a nice middle class tax hike would do the job?

5 comments:

Starhopper said...

The question is moot. There ain't no way that wall is ever getting built. Especially after the Democrats retake the House next week. NOTHING that isn't honestly bipartisan will get past Congress - and that's a Good Thing!

bmiller said...

Will you accept the election results regardless of how it turns out?

Starhopper said...

Just what does "accept" mean? If it means I ought to support whomever wins, then no.

bmiller said...


Remember to vote November 7th.

Victor Reppert said...

What does "accepting the results? mean here?