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Trump: Border wall will cost $8 billion
CNN ^ | Tue February 9, 2016 | By Jeremy Diamond, CNN

Posted on 02/09/2016 12:07:05 PM PST by onyx

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To: dmz

Well would you rather pay $8 billion one time or $150 billion every year as we do now which is the cost of the 11-20 million illegals who are here sucking off the goodies?


61 posted on 02/09/2016 1:11:47 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: dmz
And if (a yuge if) we withhold aid to Mexico, guess whose money that is: the American taxpayer's money.

And if he enacts tariffs to pay for it then American consumers will pay those. And if he increases entry fees then Mexico will do the same and American consumers will pay that. I honestly think that if Trump is elected and all his fanatical supporters look up at him with bright, shining faces, waiting for him to carry out his campaign promises, that they will be sadly disappointed.

62 posted on 02/09/2016 1:13:18 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: Jane Long; Albion Wilde

“Trump has a budget for the border...and, it will NO DOUBT come in UNDER budget and AHEAD of schedule!!!!”

And of Class A construction to boot.


63 posted on 02/09/2016 1:13:41 PM PST by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: Suz in AZ

Certainly - from the US bduget.

You didn’t think he would be arrogant enough to suggest a completely irrational and populist idea that he would be so divine to force a foriegn goverment like Mexico to pay for it with money they don’t have and no willingness to given nearly 1/3 of their GDP is based on USD payments from the US did you?

Oh wait..........you already think that. Apologies.


64 posted on 02/09/2016 1:16:36 PM PST by Reagan Disciple (Peace through Strength)
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To: FreeReign

It is not. When I was in Brownsville you could look from the Intl bridge down the river and dozens op people were clinging to inner tubes making the crossing. Maybe there is a solution though. Alligators.


65 posted on 02/09/2016 1:16:49 PM PST by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools. Go Trump!)
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

op = of


66 posted on 02/09/2016 1:17:26 PM PST by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools. Go Trump!)
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To: Georgia Girl 2; don-o; sickoflibs

“Well would you rather pay $8 billion one time or $150 billion every year as we do now which is the cost of the 11-20 million illegals who are here sucking off the goodies?”

So we’re paying for it now? What happened to Mexico paying for it?

Do Trump supporters hold DT to anything he says or is it like a Liberal sees the Constitution, they are living and breathing promises?

Drone.....drone.....drone


67 posted on 02/09/2016 1:20:38 PM PST by Reagan Disciple (Peace through Strength)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Well would you rather pay $8 billion one time or $150 billion every year as we do now which is the cost of the 11-20 million illegals who are here sucking off the goodies?

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Gotcha - so even Trump’s supporters such as yourself don’t believe that Mexico will pay for the wall.

Are there other parts of his platform that you passionately defend but don’t believe he can do? Or can’t do as he says he will do?


68 posted on 02/09/2016 1:25:32 PM PST by dmz
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To: dmz

Read my lips I don’t care if Mexico pays for the wall or we do. If Trump can get the Mexicans to pay for it all the better. I want the wall up and the illegal roaches gone.


69 posted on 02/09/2016 1:30:28 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: onyx

This wall will be a money maker in cost savings of incarceration of illegals and stopping the drug trade.

It will be a total money maker.


70 posted on 02/09/2016 1:32:45 PM PST by GilGil
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To: Calpublican

Looks like you’re getting answers even though you tried a drive by posting.

Court cases? For enforcing our own laws? There were no court cases with Operation Wetback.

We’re not paying a thing for anyone to apply to come to the United States. They get in line, fill out forms, get vetted, and pay fees. Just like all the legal citizens have always done.

Without deportation, they will stay. The fear of deportation will cause most to leave on their own.

You are throwing out assumptions, straw man arguments. As if we must be too cowardly to have control over our country. Is that your candidate’s position?


71 posted on 02/09/2016 1:34:26 PM PST by CottonBall
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To: DCBryan1

Western Union doesn’t classify Mexico as a foreign country for sending funds there. Seriously.


72 posted on 02/09/2016 1:34:38 PM PST by TigerClaws
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To: Georgia Girl 2
Keep the ruby slippers strapped on.

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73 posted on 02/09/2016 1:35:17 PM PST by don-o (He will not share His glory. And He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the Name of the Lord forever!)
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To: onyx; All

Do it!

Mexican leadership mocked Trump yesterday saying Mexicans would rather stay there for the jobs from Ford.

Guess what? The Wall will not allow our jobs to be sent south either!

Trump ‘16!


74 posted on 02/09/2016 1:35:57 PM PST by TigerClaws
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To: crz

I’m right there with you!
I have some construction experience in concrete and I have built fences since I was big enough to swing a hammer.

You could probably scare up all the personnel needed, from engineers to laborers right here on FR.


75 posted on 02/09/2016 1:36:10 PM PST by oldvirginian (American by birth, Southern by the grace of God and Virginian because Jesus loves me. CRUZ 2016!)
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To: gleeaikin

If anyone can estimate building costs, it’s Trump.

You think you are being clever by throwing out questions about what a few associated items will cost, but you can bet Trump has thought of everything, including permits, zoning, environmental impact studies, ...


76 posted on 02/09/2016 1:39:21 PM PST by CottonBall
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To: elhombrelibre

You and I both know that is nothing but campaign bloviating.
Some people crow it about like its the Holy Gospel though.

If it gets built the US taxpayers will be footing the bill.
But even then its better to build it and pay for it than to leave an unsecured border with the lawless Mexicans.


77 posted on 02/09/2016 1:41:32 PM PST by oldvirginian (American by birth, Southern by the grace of God and Virginian because Jesus loves me. CRUZ 2016!)
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To: onyx
Fark Mexico

Build the wall in Mexico and take as much of their land as needed to build a contiguous wall.

Take all the ill gotten gains from all the illegal beans in the U.S.
Deport 1st 2nd and 3rd generation illegal beans....Let Mexico house, clothe and educate these scumbags.

While we're at it, kick out all the demoncrats and repukes that enabled this invasion for the past 40 years. Dig up Teddy Kennedy and send him to Juarez.

78 posted on 02/09/2016 1:44:09 PM PST by Electric Graffiti (DEPORT OBOLA VOTERS)
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To: elhombrelibre

Hopefully you’re one of the first to be deported


79 posted on 02/09/2016 1:44:56 PM PST by Electric Graffiti (DEPORT OBOLA VOTERS)
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To: gleeaikin

Minor considering what not having a wall costs us. It is a national security issue not only due to illegal aliens, but also drug smugglers and terrorists. The border needs to be secured. We will save lives and money. How much did 9/11 cost? How many Americans have been killed by illegal aliens? How much does the massive influx of drugs crossing the border cost us?


80 posted on 02/09/2016 1:45:52 PM PST by kabar
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