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Taxes Are the Price We Pay for the DHS to Divert Funds from FEMA to ICE

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I originally posted the following information and commentary onto my Facebook wall…

“FEMA”

Dem Senator Releases Documents Appearing to Show DHS Diverted $10M from FEMA to ICE:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/dem-senator-releases-documents-appearing-to-show-dhs-diverted-dollar10m-from-fema-to-ice/ar-BBNcMdW?li=BBnb7Kz&OCID=ansmsnnews11

(John Bowden) Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) on Tuesday night released documents appearing to show the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) diverted nearly $10 million from the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

The documents, first reported by MSNBC‘s Rachel Maddow, detail the agency’s funding redirections for fiscal year 2018 and show that millions of dollars were diverted to ICE from several agencies.

(Read entire article here…)

My Commentary: Enjoy supporting what you hate. Taxes are the price of ICE…

Got Consistency?

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As I scrolled through my Facebook news feed, I discovered the following artwork here, being shared by the page, “Liberty Minds,” and originally posted it to my own wall, along with commentary…

"Bush crashed the economy by spending so much on war! (Average annuel defense budget $600 billion) Obama saved the economy and reversed the harm! (Average annuel defense budget $700 billion)"

“Bush crashed the economy by spending so much on war!
(Average annuel defense budget $600 billion)
Obama saved the economy and reversed the harm!
(Average annuel defense budget $700 billion)”

My Commentary: Got consistency?

But, Without Government, Who Would Institutionalize Systemic Injustice?

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As I scrolled through my Facebook news feed, I discovered the following artwork here, being shared by an acquaintance from here, and originally posted it to my own wall, along with commentary…

"American Injustice: Authorities uncovered that Wachovia bank laundered $378.4 billion for a Mexican drug cartel. The bank was fined just $50 million (2% of its profits) and no one went to jail. But, we lock up kids over a dime bag of pot. Let that sink in."

“American Injustice: Authorities uncovered that Wachovia bank laundered $378.4 billion for a Mexican drug cartel. The bank was fined just $50 million (2% of its profits) and no one went to jail. But, we lock up kids over a dime bag of pot. Let that sink in.”

My Commentary: But, without government…