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25 Things 25 Billion Dollars Can Go Towards Other Than Building A Wall

Spoiler Alert: Mexico is not going to pay for it.

Erin Blackburn
Feb 06, 2017
St Ambrose University
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A wall is not going to fix the immigration problem. By building that wall you are essentially just trying to ignore the problem. When has ignoring your problems ever worked? Also, instead of keeping people out of America, we should help them in any way we can. Those people are not fleeing to our country because they are bored and have nothing better to do. They want a better lives for themselves and for their families. Yes, they should do it legally, but the immigration policies and processes need to be fixed and updated. I am proud to be an American and even more proud to be a person who values the meaning in helping other people. I am very lucky and blessed to have the life I have here, but others face terrible conditions. We also have problems in America that need fixing too. So instead of having Americans help pay for a wall to keep people out (spoiler alert: Mexico is not going to pay for the wall), we should either save that money or spend it on more important things. Here are a few Ideas that 25 billion dollars could go towards:

1. Hire More Teachers

2. Build More Schools

3. Give Out Scholarships for Students

4. Fix the Water in Flint, Michigan

5. Medical Research (Finding cures to diseases, new antibiotics to fight antibiotic resistant bacteria, new vaccines...etc.)

6. More Affordable Health Care for those without insurance

7. Paid Maternity Leave

8. More Affordable Women's Health Care

9. Help with Finances with Families With Sick Children (Dance Marathon)

10. Update Hospitals

11. Help the Homeless

12. Feed the Hungry

13. Help People Who Have Been Affected by Natural Disasters

14. Stop Deforestation in the Amazon

15. Plant More Trees

16. Fund Scientific Research Towards Preventing Climate Change

17. Help Small Businesses

18. Road Repairs

19. Power Businesses With Solar Energy

20. Give More Funding To Veterans

21. Help Pay for Book Costs of College Students

22. Fund Programs that Help People With Disabilities

23. Provide Clothing for the Poor

24. Help Students Pay off Loans

25. Helping refugees





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