Walls, Walls, Walls.

       Remember that Mexican wall along the border with America? You remember, the wall that Mexico swore they could get America to pay for? Oh, no,wait, it was the American wall along the Mexican border that Mr. Trump swore he could get Mexico the pay for. Why haven't we heard any more about Mexico paying for it? Could it be that Mexico convinced Trump that they definitely would not pay for it?
       But if Mexico isn't going to pay for it, who will pay for it? Oh, that's right, Trump has threatened to shut down the government unless Congress agrees to pay for it. So what does that mean exactly? Well for starters, if Congress agrees to pay to have the wall built, you and I are gonna have to pick up that tab. That's because Congress can't pay for anything. All they can do is borrow the money which means our taxes would go up. Either that or just go ahead and raise our taxes to pay for the wall.
       The thing is though, Trump is talking about another tax cut. Must be that the wealthy folks are in need of some new cars and vacation spas. But if he gives out tax cuts again and still wants Congress to pay for a wall to be built, where's all this money gonna come from? Maybe we could place some tariffs on the builders of the wall. Of course my guess is that its in their contract that no tariffs can be levied against them.
       Let's hope the government finds some gold veins in some of our most treasured national parks. A whole lot of gold veins and maybe some diamond fields too. On the other hand if Congress refuses to fund his wall and he shuts down the government, who's gonna pay for that? And then what about our credit rating? It was reduced once before. Then it'll cost more for us to borrow the money to run the government and even more to pay for that damn wall.