$25 billion? Typical big liberal gubbermint waste of taxpayer dollars by corrupt union Mooslim-loving Democrat concrete thugs.
Trump knows that his wall will be far less expensive, and will be see-through for added beauty.
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Just keep in mind that Trump is figuring on stiffing people who do work on it, and its already baked into his numbers. The Federal government however, canât do that,and WILL have to pay prevailing (or even higher) wages. Which will dramatically increase the numbers.
Nor will it be done âquicklyâ. We are talking about massive federal contractsâŚsomething with a budget this big takes on its own life and NEVER goes away.
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I see the article reports a claim that the extra costs are related to having to comply with a bunch of laws with regard to federal contracting, construction in sensitive areas, and building stuff on an international border. The GOP and its contractors know how to fix thatâŚ
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Trump is supposedly concerned about the trade deficit, soâŚ
a joke from Barrons:
"A better solution: The U.S. government should pay for the wall and make sure itâs situated on Mexicoâs side of the border, thus classifying it unambiguously as a U.S. export to Mexico. And of course, the work must be performed with top-dollar American labor. After all, the more expensive the project, the more the hated trade deficit with Mexico will shrink."
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Didnât know Trump owns a fence company. Hey, just buildinâ the brand!
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Idea:
According to the Tweeter/Molester/Grabber in Chief, our unemployment rate is 42%. Letâs create a new WPA and put all of these unemployed people to work building the wall!
Even $25bn sounds low. The âconstructionâ that theyâre thinking of probably doesnât account for the monitoring equipment that they would need to make it âeffectiveâ (ie, watch for tunnels). And that wonât cover the annual maintenance or monitoring costs.
The âwallâ is not so much a means of keeping âthoseâ people out, as it is a monument to assholery.
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You Sir have won todayâs innerwebs!
Corngradulations!!
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Thatâs a lot of money for the worst idea in the world.
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I think Trump,s run over go above and beyond him screwing folks, i,e, he doesnât know how to estimate a job.
Letâs just hope Mexico doesnât develop aeroplane technology. Or shovels. Then the wall will be useless.
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Trucks are still coming up here, wall or not, tariff or not. So there is that.
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Yep. Once the administration discovers a Mexican north of the border, heâll be saying, âLousy wall. Totally worthless. Weâre not gonna pay for it. Sad!â
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And that is still probably a low ball estimate. It would probably be $15 million for just the material and probably just as much as that to pay the people to put it up. In addition to delays and dealing with difficult terrain.
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Well first of all there are no roads to speak of in the Big Bend because building roads through there is damn near impossible and would cost a fortune.
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You know, itâs funny - my therapist said yesterday that he thinks that one big reason trump want the wall built is it will essentially be a monument to his ego. Kinda like a trump version of the Great Wall of China. Only shittier and smaller 
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And the planes! What about the planes?!
Will there be anti aircraft guns? Missiles?
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Ramos: 40% of undocumented immigrants come by air
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I also heard earlier that the infrastructure like roads needed to build a wall would actually help smugglers and âcoyotesâ because it currently doesnât exist in isolated places like that - they already successfully build tunnels underneath current barriers.
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FOX: Since Americans do dont do good work, why should they be paid?