Mitch McConnell, why are you allowing Trump to STEAL $3.6 billion from Military Housing to build a tiny piece of the Trump wall?
Republicans, why are you forcing Military Families to continue living under “slum-like conditions” — with “rats” and “toxic mold” — where “children are poisoned by lead”?
The federal U.S. budget has so far only earmarked approximately US$1.4 billion for the construction of the border fence President Trump is planning to build on the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Following the declaration of a federal emergency, the Trump administration is also diverting US$3.6 billion from the Department of Defense budget for construction and military housing.
While the Department of Defense has approximately US$716 billion at its disposal for FY2019, construction and housing is a rather small budget item at US$10.5 billion. Trump’s demand exceeds the annual budget for Air Force construction and all family housing construction for Army, Navy and Air Force personnel, as seen in the graphic.
Taking away US$3.6 billion would also be equal to halting for a year all DOD construction in Alaska, California, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas and Virginia combined.
The White House said another
$2.5 billion for wall construction should be taken from the military’s anti-narcotics funding
$600 million should come out of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund, which is where money seized from criminal suspects is collected.
Military Families First #NoWall
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