WASHINGTON — The House passed a $788 billion spending bill Thursday that combines a $1.6 billion down payment for President Donald Trump's controversial border wall with Mexico with a whopping budget increase for the Pentagon.
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@TheProphet Yes, they're writing a check as we speak, or does the new plan involve making it a solar wall, and getting energy credits from Mexico to cover construction costs?
@TheProphet Tariffs on Mexican goods. who's going to be paying for those tariffs? Mexico, or the country that's buying the stuff that the extra tariffs will be slapped on. I know this is too much, but read it slowly and process it.
Spoiler alert: you and the rest of us, in terms of higher prices for vegetables and goods. Oh, right, more taxes on us, that's how the wall is paid for.