Most Americans would rather spend the $5 billion ... on infrastructure, education, or healthcare

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Most Americans would rather spend the $5 billion Trump is demanding for the border wall on infrastructure, education, or healthcare
Bob Bryan and Walt Hickey
Jan. 19, 2019, 12:40 PM

As the partial government shutdown drags on into its record-shattering 29th day, President Donald Trump has remained steadfast in his demands that $5 billion for a wall along the US-Mexico border be included in any package to funding and reopening the government.

But according to an INSIDER poll, most Americans would prefer to put the $5 billion Trump is demanding toward other policy goals.

At the start of the government shutdown, Representative-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez lamented House Republicans inclusion of $5.7 billion in border-wall money in their doomed funding package.

"And just like that, GOP discovers $5.7 billion for a wall. $5.7 billion," Ocasio-Cortez tweeted. "What if we instead added $5.7B in teacher pay? Or replacing water pipes? Or college tuition/prescription refill subsidies? Or green jobs? But notice how no one's asking the GOP how they're paying for it."
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more: https://www.businessinsider.com/government-shutdown-poll-ocasio-cortez-ideas-for-trump-border-wall-money-2018-12




I dunno -- should we trust those hippie pinkos at Business Insider to report impartially ?