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<blockquote data-quote="Box Ox" data-source="post: 3906478" data-attributes="member: 48469">Interesting thought.<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/14/opinions/trump-border-wall-bonds-solution-zelizer-zeldin/index.html" target="_blank">The border wall solution Trump hasn&#039;t thought of (Opinion) - CNN</a>&quot;If Trump sincerely believes that we face a national emergency at the southern border, he should take a lesson from the history books and employ the wartime bond model. Of course, he needs to start by making a more convincing case that an actual emergency exists -- a dubious claim in the minds of most experts. According to the latest CNN poll, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/13/politics/cnn-poll-shutdown-trump/index.html" target="_blank">56% of voters</a> oppose the wall, with only 39% supporting the idea.Floating the idea of wall bonds would allow the President to see how much support truly exists to build a border wall paid for by Americans. History has shown that when the public believes a national emergency exists, they are willing to step up to the plate.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Box Ox, post: 3906478, member: 48469"] Interesting thought. [URL="https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/14/opinions/trump-border-wall-bonds-solution-zelizer-zeldin/index.html"]The border wall solution Trump hasn't thought of (Opinion) - CNN[/URL] "If Trump sincerely believes that we face a national emergency at the southern border, he should take a lesson from the history books and employ the wartime bond model. Of course, he needs to start by making a more convincing case that an actual emergency exists -- a dubious claim in the minds of most experts. According to the latest CNN poll, [URL='https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/13/politics/cnn-poll-shutdown-trump/index.html']56% of voters[/URL] oppose the wall, with only 39% supporting the idea. Floating the idea of wall bonds would allow the President to see how much support truly exists to build a border wall paid for by Americans. History has shown that when the public believes a national emergency exists, they are willing to step up to the plate." [/QUOTE]

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