#GoFundTheWall has raised over $5M in 3 days to privately fund building Trump's "wall"

[DireWolf]

To DireWolf, of course people raise money for losses and medical issues, but it's usually not into the millions unless they have some celebrity backing or makes nationwide news or something.

Finally, I'm not even necessarily saying that this is some scam, I just can't picture how gathering a pile of money is going to translate into getting a wall built.

Agreed, on both counts.

On the second point - ultimately, the money, while certainly helpful, only represents a small part of the issues/challenges involved. I actually think the dollar amount matters less than what the volume of donations is representative of, and the message it sends.

[ScooterCO]

A pile of money is how mountains are moved.

[Joe_K]

The idea is to donate it to any government program that will fund the wall, then ensure donated funds go only to building the wall.


For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.
‭‭1 Timothy‬ ‭2:5‬ ‭

[Irving]

Why not donate money to repeal the NFA?

[Irving]

On one hand I was trying to make the point that you can't just give the government money and expect them to do what you want. On the other hand, seems like that's what lobbyists and politicians do, so why not give it a shot?

[Joe_K]

I do, various Pro gun, gun rights groups.
But we?re discussing a different subject entirely, but since you brought it up, we could all have suppressed M2?s on MRAP?s and completely repeal every 2A infringement, yet if we have open, porous, unsecured borders and coasts, we will continue to pump untold millions of socialist rabble that will tear down the Republic from within.


For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.
‭‭1 Timothy‬ ‭2:5‬ ‭

[Joe_K]

For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.
‭‭1 Timothy‬ ‭2:5‬ ‭

[DireWolf]

Well dang, up past $8.5M so far, and looks like the political sponsorship is in place. Will be interesting to see how this plays out...

[Bailey Guns]

I donate to building the border wall every two weeks thru payroll withholding. It's called "taxes" and that's what it's for. I would, however, donate to a GFM campaign to fund about 2 or 3 million people marching on DC to remind the public servants there who it is they serve. We could even take our modern-day pitchforks with bump-stocks on them.

[Eric P]

I give enough to the guberment. Well actually I don't give, they take.