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Wait... so all he had to do was not use the funds?
"he" isn't using it. Border patrol is. I'm unsure if he can walk in and say they can't spend their budget, but I'm pretty sure the president don't hold budgetary power.
Last I checked, the border patrol is part of the Department of Homeland Security, which is run by the Executive Branch.
So your idea is for the president to order the head of DHS to break the law. #lawandorder
"“We had no choice,” Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Thursday during a press conference in Mexico. “It was mandated by law. We requested that Congress rescind the direction. It did not do so. We, of course, must follow the law. Our policy remains as it was since day one. We are opposed to the construction of the wall.”"
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-claims-choice-build-trumps-border-wall/story?id=103757017#:~:text=The%20proposed%20barrier%20looks%20different%20from%20Trump's%20construction.&text=President%20Joe%20Biden%20on%20Thursday,work%20to%20stop%20illegal%20immigration.
Image still claiming "just following orders" as an acceptable defence. Then imagine defending its use.. 🤦♀️
That’s a laudable position, and very easy to espouse if you’ve never been the one in the position who has to put themselves in harm’s way to do good.
As a government employee I’ve often thought about whistleblowing issues that arise during my work, but if I lose my job and am blacklisted from government work then I’ll likely not be employed for a long time, meaning I’ll no longer be able to financially support my disabled mother and her quality of life will drastically reduce - she may even suffer early death without the services she needs that I pay for. These issues are rarely as simple as you’re portraying it to be.
Make as many excuses for yourself as you like, if your avoiding to whistleblow costs lives, or worse, you blindly "following orders" kills someone or contributes to their death, you become complicit, no matter how many dependants you have, or how uncomfortable the reality makes you.
You want to talk about being in a "position"? Well I'm not going to doxx myself for your benefit (lets just say I've been in plenty such position, and have flat out refused plenty of immoral orders) but speaking of grandparents, I would have suggested you said this enabling bullshit to mine, who survived the holocaust - surely some of those Nazis also had a disabled dependant at home too (if they were able to hide them from Aktion T4 - would you follow those orders too? Or since that almost directly impacts you, you wouldn't? Funny how that works..), and kids, and they needed the money, and they just need to survive so it's ok to harm others, who, what - don't?
You not wanting to admit to yourself that you prioritise your own comfort over the lives of others, doesn't change that reality.
And believe me - you'd get significantly more support and solidarity from a community you defended, than one you selfishly betrayed. Loosing your job to whistleblowing wouldn't leave you as destitute as you like to tell yourself it would, but it sure does ease that tiny little conscience eh..
You are comparing the killing of millions with unnecessary government spending.
It's interesting to see how much you value money.