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We Don't Need A Wall, But We Do Need:

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We Don't Need A Wall, But We Do Need:

Housing for the approximately 40,000 homeless veterans.
- Nearly 15,000 without any reliable shelter.SourceSource (" <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2017\/12\/06\/number-of-homeless-veterans-nationwide-rises-for-first-time-in-seven-years\/\">https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2017\/12\/06\/number-of-homeless-veterans-nationwide-rises-for-first-time-in-seven-years\/<\/a> ")
Food for the 16,000,000 kids that struggle with food each year. SourceSource (" <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/07\/14\/child-hunger-united-states\/#TrkrK5jmRaqi\">https:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/07\/14\/child-hunger-united-states\/#TrkrK5jmRaqi<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.feedingamerica.org\/sites\/default\/files\/research\/map-the-meal-gap\/2009\/2009-mapthemealgap-child-food-insecurity-exec-summ.pdf\">https:\/\/www.feedingamerica.org\/sites\/default\/files\/research\/map-the-meal-gap\/2009\/2009-mapthemealgap-child-food-insecurity-exec-summ.pdf<\/a> ")
- Food for the 32,600,000 Americans that suffer from food insecurity.
Housing for the 57,971 homeless families with children. SourceSource (" <a href=\"https:\/\/endhomelessness.org\/resource\/family-homelessness-in-the-united-states-state-by-state-snapshot\/\">https:\/\/endhomelessness.org\/resource\/family-homelessness-in-the-united-states-state-by-state-snapshot\/<\/a> ")
Repair the more than 54,000 bridges in the US that are unsafe. SourceSource (" <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/02\/02\/us\/2018-structurally-deficient-bridges-trnd\/index.html\">https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/02\/02\/us\/2018-structurally-deficient-bridges-trnd\/index.html<\/a> ")
Get the 1,800,000 Vets without Health Insurance, some health Insurance. SourceSource (" <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Health\/Healthday\/story?id=4509219&page=1\">https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Health\/Healthday\/story?id=4509219&page=1<\/a> ")
To fix the approximately two-thirds of US Schools that are unsafe. SourceSource (" <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/04\/07\/opinion\/sunday\/americas-deathtrap-schools.html\">https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/04\/07\/opinion\/sunday\/americas-deathtrap-schools.html<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/prospect.org\/article\/will-crumbling-school-buildings-get-piece-infrastructure-pie\">https:\/\/prospect.org\/article\/will-crumbling-school-buildings-get-piece-infrastructure-pie<\/a> ")

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Here are a few quick numbers, Five Billion Dollars will build 125,000 houses at the cost of $40,000 or 22,727 houses at the median price of $220,000.

Five Billion Dollars will provide 1,968,503,937 meals at the USDA price of $2.54.

Author's Note:

This is a partial list of things that I consider more important than building a wall. I am posting this only as The Story Lover.

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