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Alberta has provincially funded Islam schools and over half the restraunts sell halal. She just put in halal mortgage and is working with the communities to put together a plan for giving you your holidays paid off from work.\n\nSmith wants to talk to you and find out what she has to do to get you to live in Alberta.

There is in fact no actual housing shortage in the USA whatsoever. The problem is that that wealthy individuals have strong incentives to park excess capital in real estate and landlords have strong incentives to maintain asset values through cash flow potential (appraised through $/sq.ft rent revenues). What ends up happening in both cases is that you end up with lots of empty houses sitting collecting dust artificially gaining value due to scarcity, and with rentals, you end up with perpetually inflated rents and vacancy rates that are as high as a landlord can tolerate just to maintain the appearance of value to the lenders. Often these owners will borrow more money and use an apartment that might be 40% vacant as the collateral for the lender and go buy another building and so on. What people don't penalize is the fact that that 40% vacant building with 60% rented out at above fair value gets treated on the balance sheet to the bank as if its 90% rented out from an asset value perspective thereby setting the asset price artificially high. Simple legislation of the tax code can fix this issue and unlock lots of sidelined housing. All we have to do is progressively tax 2nd 3rd 4th ect. homes higher and higher rates that essentially cancel out the asset gains, and do something similar for vacant units in a apartment building. \nIts just at the core a case of the rich hoarding something that has been made artificially rare. On top of all of this, because of how valuable properties have become, there are now many interests that capitalize on the entire process of building new housing that make it ever more expensive. Our taxes are funding numerous regulators that stymie new development, while the developers have to then hire numerous attorneys and planners to pitch a project and litigate it through the cities to get approvals. This can take over 10 years in a major city. All this contributes to the ridiculous costs of building these days.

Trump needs to pull all federal funding from all states like New York

Conservatives: “Tax payer money can’t pay for this!”\n\nOK, well you don’t seem to complain when tax payer money funds Viagra for male veterans, or birth control for female veterans, which btw costs THE EXACT SAME as hormones for transition.

Wonder if there funding sex changes. Feel this way if your not gay why try to make other dress up as they are? Think this is distracting, and belittling others snd creating hate.\nMy views and opinions.\nDidn't work in schools either

Thats a sorry of a joke barrier. Trump needs to pull US funding and stop playing around. Its obvious the Mexican government is scared of the cartels.

What makes the US such a Paradise is ALL those FREEBIES they are getting under the guise of SO MANY grants and fundings from the Federal Government put in places by the previous Administration. Most of these fundings are on hold by the current Trump Administration for reevaluation and reassessment. The thing that the Chicago Governor is talking about is that what US citizens are enjoying as benefits and services are the same thing that these illegal immigrants and migrants are getting. NOT FAIR to the American people. That’s why those findings needed to be put on hold. Our President Trump is PUTTING Americans first. Fixing United States of America first.

She said, “cockpit” with gusto, wonder how much gov funding went into her trans surgery & hormone theraphy why CNN didn’t mention that.

the fact is that those who transition have to take hormonal treatments for the rest of their life. regardless of the qualities someone who is trans may have placing them in military units create problems. in addition there is the fact that transitioning may have other long term health effects that would raise the cost of medical benefits for our soldiers and veterans. this is not the simple issue of discrimination based on sexual identity that CNN wants to portray it as. whether we have a tax based economy or a tariff economy in the future up until now it is the American taxpayer that has had to fund military expenses including health care for our soldiers and veterans.

Violations of civil service law. Failure to dispense lawful funds. \nEndangering the lives of innocent people depend on federal programs. He is a traitor to his oath and the people of this country.

How else can they get taxpayer funded transition surgery and therapy? That’s what the military is for, right? Not a projection of strength and preparedness to defend the country.

Who's funding this, they should be charged!

You cannot have a welfare state and unlimited immigration. It's not possible to fund it.

Keep the freeloaders out! Shame we can’t do the same here in the UK. Our traitors in charge prefer illegals to the tax paying British people. We are just their cash cows that fund their pathetic pet woke projects that only benefit them, migrants and the elite political classes.

Remember the Root, and All the Politicians, their Community Organizers, Funding, and all their Talking Heads in our own Country who are responsible for Creating this Global Deconstruction.

Come in the right way is all we ask. Oh and don’t make us fund your living expenses unless you work and earn it like we all have to do

They need to stop the funding and if their going to help with funding they should give them the minimum 7.25 hour.

Trump needs to offer a tip line that pays people for reporting illegals and the businesses and landlords that hire and house them. the awards can be paid for by the fines the state can charge businesses and landlords that willing hire and house illegal immigrants.\nFine businesses and landlords $5000 per illegal found living or working on their property. And pay the tipster $500 per tip that leads to an ice arrest. The rest of the money can go towards from the fines can be used for deportation and funding ice and border patrol.

Trump needs to offer a tip line that pays people for reporting illegals and the businesses and landlords that hire and house them. the awards can be paid for by the fines the state can charge businesses and landlords that willing hire and house illegal immigrants.\nFine businesses and landlords $5000 per illegal found living or working on their property. And pay the tipster $500 per tip that leads to an ice arrest. The rest of the money can go towards from the fines can be used for deportation and funding ice and border patrol.

A disaster from day 1 is no surprise. The Trumpet executive ordered the halt of railroad project funds on his first day in, subverting our democracy. Those funds had already been approved and allocated by Congress. That is not the purpose of executive order to serve the interests of your petroleum company buddies or for over-ruling Congress with a defacto retro veto.\n\nTo be Constitutional, executive orders have to be within presidential jurisdiction. For example, while a president cannot force Congress to de-illegalize cannabis at the federal level, the president could executive order (has far more weight than an instruction or directive that might be defied) that DEA, ATF, DOJ, FBI, and any other agency under executive department (i.e. the office of the president) jurisdiction to not participate in investigation or prosecution of any person or persons solely on grounds of violating federal and state cannabis restrictions but are to maintain a priority focus on investigation and prosecution of the manufacture, distribution, and sale of toxic narcotics and other aspects of organized crime.\n\nGot notice last week of $20 per month food stamp reduction (per person in the household!) in February that is second cut this year and IT'S STILL JANUARY!\n\nReducing food stamps while food prices are still rising is a purposeful plan to increase crime.\n\nDisaster from day 1.

Biased Americans believe this is not their problem, but are ignorantly blind to the fact how America causes most of the issues in these foreign countries\n\nThe world is convoluted Americans, your government makes other countries poor and destroys them in the name of freedom and uses you to fund their imperialism

I hope we all know that it doesn't matter who is in the 'top job' because this is a systemic problem -- greed. We have allowed many of our economic sectors, to take advantage of the American people. It's disgusting and frightening for the future of our country. My wife and I will be retiring in the next two years n another country. We are absolutely worried that SSI will no longer be funded. we'll have to rely on my pension, a 403 (b) and a very prolific lnvestment account with my Abby Joseph Cohen my FA. Our national debt is bloating and expanding every month. Our government needs to get spending under control and cut the federal budget.

You can gather tens of thousands of people to illegally invade a country but you’re telling me these same folks can’t put their heads together to build themselves a town. Or to gather in front of their politicians house and clean out their corruption in their country. Or to formulate a deal with some other country’s so they can get some funding to startup opportunities in their own communities. There’s enormous value in the fact that you can have this many people gather in person the problem is nobody has the brains or intelligence to be a good leader so that the human effort isn’t wasted. Even if they were to get in the problems their facing will not be solved. The problem is that that many people are putting their heads together and the best idea they all can come up with is to invade a country risking life and limb, abduction, and SA at the hands of smugglers and cartels is crazy.

USA funding United Nations is funding this..USA needs to get out of the United Nations

lol all the tariffs is just tax on us Americans to fund government craziness and deficit.

So they want to still live in a terroristic funded land that has constant conflicts and ceasefires that get broken a week later, result in deaths of thousands of people from Israel and Palestine civilians?

Not so sure the American dream is to break into the United States by sneaking over the border illegally and taking benefits in an unlimited way. How about congress starts taking a serious approach to creating an immigration policy codified in the form of a constitutional amendment that provides protections and benefits to the American citizens while simultaneously making the process more efficient and transparent. At the same time pass a law that requires the federal government and border states to cooperate and be funded to make the border airtight.

I would love for all the American Agriculture Conservatives to write thank you notes when they are paying $30 a tub for their ground coffee and having to homeschool their kids because their states can’t fund schools without government assistance through the Department of Education. ❤ Good job “christians”!

Wrong! It doesn’t cost Americans more when a tariff is placed. It forces the incoming product manufacturer to lower its costs so people will still buy, and if people still buy, the percentage of tariff will fund the us government vs our income taxes. If they don’t lower their costs, they risk people not buying which hurts their business and hurts the country they are in because they don’t make as much money to send taxes to their country’s government

This is a much easier fix than what’s being portrayed. We need to make the ability to become a temporary citizen easier than it is. Background checks, usable skills, and political or criminal affiliation. If it’s not possible to access, so is your entry. I support my president and my nation completely and yet I still understand that the deplorable conditions of these broken nations is something I too would want to escape from. By making it so impossible to legally enter, we’re funding the criminals who will do so illegally. \n And can we talk openly about the real issue as well? It’s time for the U.S to clean house too. Government officials taking bribes from the Cartels and making it harder for us to put safety measures in place. We have to stop being in business with these criminal elements. I get it, the money’s being used to fund our military initiatives that tax dollars can’t, like in the 80’s with Contra, but how many U.S lives have to be lost to secure a foreign policy???

Trump needs to cut off ALL WELFARE FOR THESE ILLEGALS!! GO after EVERY NGO that is funding this- no more!! No more money, housing, food stamps, etc. for ILLEGAL CRIMINALS!! IF They're HERE ILLEGALLY, THEY ARE CRIMINALS!!

Just stop any funds to this country

You can bet that every country he has threatened with tariffs, travel restrictions and other sanctions are already taking steps to be ready for them. Not only tit-for-tat tariffs etc, but also plans pulling national funds and other investments out of US banks and corporations and numerous other less obvious retaliations. The Law of Unintended Consequences is about to kick into effect big time and it will be interesting to see how it is manifested. Putin and Xi must be laughing their asses off.

This is the reason all federal funding needs to end.

How many of these countries that are sending or letting the people leave and come to the US should receive no funding from US because we are sporting them here

DAMN! NOW HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO FUND MY COCAINE HABIT?

Its not an American dream if youre coming in ilegaly and with out a plan and some funds idiot

Don Jr will need a go-fund-me to pay extra for his dope.

Outrageus and who is funding the travel to Mx and Mx to the border - the UN, WEF, NGOs and where do they get the funds our tax dollars.

put a stop to this nonsense they are being funded by groups to make it to the border.

Pathetic they're scurrying across your border like freaked out cockroaches! George Soros funded the caravan busses the last time Trump was President! He's probably doing it again w Biden or Obama's help!

These entitled violent people need to learn a lesson and go home looking forward to the military being deployed and the state department stop funding this

No different than when Biden did it. Deportation happen regularly!! The difference now, tRump is making it about himself, using unnecessary military funds and service members to make it all appear as if he is doing something major, and for all his fans, who do not keep up with what our govt does routinely, they are fooled into thinking tRump is doing something... HE ISN'T. tRump is simply continuing the greatest role he has ever played and the audience has no idea they are stroking the ego of a true narcissist.

Canada could use a pause on all immigration for 2 years. Maybe longer. FOCUS ON SUPPORTS FROM OUR TAX DOLLARS TO HELP CANADIANS. Instead... there giving our money to newcomers when Canadians desperatly need help. Scam through Service Canada and Service ON that fund Employment service, agencies etc. I couldn't believe what I witnessed and even experienced.

Thank God we have our border back! No more funding illegals, especially while our veterans and tax paying citizens are struggling. We’re back on the road of common sense!

This is India Govt problem. Modi president made His 2 friends rich Ambani and Adani, those peiniaed to sace his position ti be a Prine minister suckinh poor people blood like note bandit and snatching middle class people jobs pkus winning election distributing funds among poor people those are poor due to Modi Govt. India need Prine minister like Rahul Gandhi who did loss of work walk around all states to awaken people those were sleeping. Due to big Population and corruption of Govt no one can get ahrad except Gujaratis and Dourh Indian plus Panjabis due to their support system.\n\nNew election.\nPopulation control \nAwaking people \nUnity among all religions.\nNo Hindu or Muslims and thise fights due to political pressures they should be jails for 5 yrs prison.\n\nModi ji is uneducated plus his history in 2002 everyone knows. Gujarstis are very powerful in USA since arrivrd 40 plus yrs back tgen brought illegals to hrlp them build their life. In the Patel community, there is unity just like the Pakistani community. Die to that thry can achieve any goal. Other states induans should learn lessons.\nPlus, the USA Govt should have a quota according to India population. Since USA Govt focus is Africa and Afghan and so on, tgere sgoukd be quota according to States how much they can take in under Asylums since there are many murders and crime in India and USA plus Canada can help them. India Govt should build good relationships with USA Govtvwhich is a must.

My 20 year old son wants so bad to get a trade and work hard in life...he just hasn't the funds to get there. Working at a fast food place where they are cutting most of the employees hours is getting very depressing for him.

If I want to work in the USA, I have to apply for a visa and work permit, present my documents, qualifications and credentials, plus criminal record and health check, show that I have adequate medical insurance and enough money to fund my stay. If granted permission to come, I then have to present myself at an official port of entry.\n\nALTERNATIVELY, I can fly to Colombia, pay gangsters to guide me through the Central American jungle, sneaking clandestinely through several countries along the way, and pay the local cartel to smuggle me illegally across the southern US border. Then I get free transport to a US destination of my choice, free housing, free clothes and personal items, free healthcare and legal advice, and a work permit without all that pesky paperwork.

Not as strained as it would be funding free healthcare, humanitarian care and hotels for hundreds of millions. I think Mexico will suffer a lot more than the US will

I’m not Indian National however I feel proud that this nation has build ‘herself’ as the 5th largest global economy and if some of the following ways are adapted by Indian Gov, the Indian passport will be saluted.\n1) Make your currency strong as in Raja Ranjeet Singh’s time 1 Indian puree was ten (£10) British Pounds, today it’s 100 Rupee to £1.\n2) Need to hold educational tests for everyone going abroad with a minimum level of English language.\n3) Emphasis on etiquettes and local Knowledge of the country where the traveller wants to visit.\n4) Stop all of illegal immigration via people smuggling agents as this gives a bad name to the country.\n5) Set a minimum benchmark amount of funds required before applying for an overseas visa.\n6) Make it mandatory for all travellers to have a full fare return ticket (12 months validity) on them at all times to show strong ties to return back home after trip.\n7) Create strong religious tolerance and harmony within the country so the world can see no religious discrimination being reported on international media worldwide.\n8) The Indian embassies all around the world should be aware and weary of each Indian national traveling abroad in real time so they f any help is require they can assist 24/7 without failure.\nThese are some of my points and opinions for a better India.\nI hope the people who read above will not be offended by any of my opinions as this is not my intention and I am well wisher and want to see this nation thrive, always.\nGood luck and all the best…