Re: Goodlatte: “Obviously, we can’t let citizens raise money and say, ‘The government will spend my money on this purpose.’ ”

On Friday, December 21, 2018, 10:55:14 PM PST, Zenaan Harkness wrote:

"Your rulers" on full display:

Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), chair of the House Judiciary Committee and a longtime proponent of tighter border security:

 > “I think it’s admirable, and I think that the country should   respond,” Goodlatte told The Post. “Obviously, we can’t let   citizens raise money and say, ‘The government will spend my money   on this purpose.’ ”   https://nypost.com/2018/12/20/border-wall-gofundme-may-need-to-issue-refunds...

Fund another brick in the wall, already >$10 million in 3 days:   https://www.gofundme.com/thetrumpwall

One picky problem is called the "Anti-deficiency Act".     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antideficiency_Act   While this Wikipedia article doesn't clearly state it, I believe that one thing the Anti-deficiency Act prohibits is private entities from contributing  money to government projects.  Although, I don't know if the ADA would prohibit a private entity from simply building a wall, on private land, at the usual and expected distance from the border, at a location that the Federal Government wasn't planning to block....(cough, cough) (ahem, ahem...)             Jim Bell ×