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IrishBubbaLiberal

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Mon Jul 7, 2025, 11:48 AM Jul 7

Dictator Trump to spend $45B on concentration camps, 4x what was spent on affordable housing last year

An astonishing figure in this piece:

Last year, the U.S. budgeted $12.8B for new affordable housing.

This country is now poised to spend $45B on immigrant detention centers.

That's nearly *four times* as much on cages as on homes—in the middle of a devastating housing and homelessness crisis.

An astonishing figure in this piece:

Last year, the U.S. budgeted .8B for new affordable housing.

This country is now poised to spend B on immigrant detention centers.

That's nearly *four times* as much on cages as on homes—in the middle of a devastating housing and homelessness crisis.

Brian Goldstone (@brian-goldstone.bsky.social) 2025-07-07T13:31:42.786Z


https://newrepublic.com/article/197619/trump-immigration-labor-camps
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Dictator Trump to spend $45B on concentration camps, 4x what was spent on affordable housing last year (Original Post) IrishBubbaLiberal Jul 7 OP
How much goes into his pocket with these stunts? Irish_Dem Jul 7 #1
The immigration problem is not that large C_U_L8R Jul 7 #2
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