Tuesday, January 15, 2019

"Peaches" (Not the Stripper- we think)

Anybody else out there wonder why the Democrats have not yet figured out how to deal with Trump and the government shutdown? It's pretty simple, really: all the House Democrats have to do is vote on a bill and send it to the Senate, that will:

(1) Provide TWICE what Trump has demanded- , instead of the $5 billion he requested, appropriate $10 billion for a border wall. But the wall will be a steel slatted fence. And it's name will be "Peaches." (quick aside: it would be rude to name it "Stormy." But ya gotta wonder: when Trump came up with the idea of calling the wall "Peaches," was that the name of the last stripper he slept with?)

(2) The bill will provide that anybody who is in this country illegally or any DACA recipient will be eligible to work for any of the contractors who gets a contract to build the wall. The contractors will be required to hire at least 25% of their work force from persons here illegally. And while they are so employed, they- and their families- will be immune from deportation.

(3) Anybody here illegally who works on the wall for a year can then apply for American citizenship, which will then also be granted to their family members.

(4) Every contractor working on the wall will be required to pay a minimum of $15.00 per hour for all hourly employees, and....

(5) The wall will be paid for by repealing all tax cuts for corporations, treating all earnings (dividends, interest, capital gains) the same as earned income, and repealing the 2017 tax breaks for those earning more than a million dollars a year. Any money raised over and above the $10 billion needed for the wall will be applied to pay premiums for Medicare for All for those most in need.

Simple. Go for it, Democrats!

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