Here’s a link to a Washington Post article that we should send to our US Reps and Senators.
Some things that could be done for less than what heir Drumpf wants to spend on an ego boost.
For less than half of what Trump is asking for the wall, the Coast Guard could buy or build: six HC-130J Super Hercules surveillance planes ($570 million); three unmanned aircraft ($90 million); eight helicopters for air stations in California, Florida, Texas and Puerto Rico ($160 million); a helicopter squadron on the West Coast, similar to the one that already exists in Jacksonville, Fla. ($200 million); a boat station on the Rio Grande ($35 million); forward operating bases in South Texas ($25 million) and on both coasts in Central America ($200 million); better cybersecurity ($200 million); one Legend-Class cutter ($790 million), and six rapid-response cutters, which are the workhorses of its fleet ($450 million).
All of that adds up to $2.74 billion. That leaves plenty left over from the money that Trump wants to waste on a wall. Some of it could go to Immigration and Customs Enforcement — for, say, 1,000 new customs officers ($100 million), or 45 new intelligence analysts ($4.5 million).