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RE: Government Shutdown Begins as Budget Talks Falter in Senate
Trump's new year gift to the country .. the details of this rift are confusing to me but when I read that Schumer offered funding for the wall and increased military spending in exchange for preventing a shut down (and I guess protecting the Dreamers), John Kelly and Miller most likely overturned it. Trump is a puppet of a faction of white supremacists. He has almost no opinions on anything himself. So he's an empty shirt. What we need to worry about are the people behind the president who want to play with the lives of 3.6 million dreamers brought to the country as children .. why such a strong interest in immigration?
Citation for Schumer's offer? (Because Trump has been claiming this is the Democrats fault.)
As to your immigration question, partly because of white supremacists and partly because people have been told that immigrants are taking their jobs and causing crime. Which, really, is the white supremacists spreading rumors...
I consider immigration as smoke and mirrors for the most part ... divide and conquer about race and class envy by the ruling class while they give themselves huge tax cuts and continually enrich a tiny elite. The system looks broken. I'm very worried.
from the Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/20/us-government-faces-shutdown-after-senate-rejects-funding-bill
"A source briefed on the meeting said Schumer offered not only to meet Trump’s full funding request for a border wall, but also agreed to boosting defense spending “far above” what the White House had requested.
In exchange, Schumer requested a short-term measure that would keep the government open for just a few days, in the hopes of keeping pressure on lawmakers to reach a broader compromise. The president even seemed amenable to Schumer’s approach, the source said, and told the Democratic leader he would broach the topic with Republican leaders.
But not long after Schumer returned to the Capitol, he received a phone call from John Kelly, the White House chief of staff. Kelly, who emerged as an unexpected hardliner on immigration, informed Schumer the contours of the deal he discussed with Trump were too liberal."