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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAnyone notice that he upped the price?
5.6 billion
+ 800 million
+ 805 million
Some negotiator...
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Anyone notice that he upped the price? (Original Post)
Kajun Gal
Jan 2019
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BlueJac
(7,838 posts)1. He has deals cut for construction.
Follow money
Kajun Gal
(1,907 posts)2. I know...read it earlier.
FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)3. He was expecting the money sooner
Gotta keep up with the vig.
EarnestPutz
(2,117 posts)4. I'm guessing that this extra $1.605 Billion is the...
...$1.600 Billion that the Dems offered for border security
right from the beginning. The extra five million is just window
dressing, or for those new "other law enforcement agents"
(ICE, no doubt.) that he mentioned.
Demit
(11,238 posts)5. Wasn't it $5.3 billion originally? Then $5.6? And just today, $5.7. I noticed that.
I wondered if that's what he thinks is shrewd negotiating. Keep upping the ask so the other party will panic and agree to the earlier price.