Posted on 08/07/2018 10:44:59 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
President Donald Trump's long-promised border wall between the US and Mexico could costs billions of dollars more than estimated, a new report from a government watchdog agency said on Monday.
The report from the Government Accountability Office, a nonpartisan group that forms part of Congress' oversight arm, said that "key information" is missing from the plans.
It further concluded that the US Department of Homeland Security "faces an increased risk that the Border Wall System Program will cost more than projected, take longer than planned, or not fully perform as expected."
Factors like a varying terrain and land ownership had not been taken fully into account, the report said, which drive up costs.
The overall cost of the wall is unknown, so the report simply notes that the administration plans to spend "billions" on its construction and calls for Customs and Border Control to analyze the costs for future sections of the wall.
Locations for future sections of the wall had been identified without factoring in where they would be needed to prevent illegal border crossings, the report also concluded....
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Why don’t these maggots at the GAO issue a “warning” about how much more welfare and healthcare is costing the taxpayers each year because we HAVEN’T built a wall. Morons.
Not building the wall is like not putting on a condom. Maybe the lib’s can understand that deportation has similarities to abortion! Prevent, don’t kill.
It’s cute the author thinks the GAO is non-partisan. Pathetic, but cute.
Where was this “watchdog” when Hussein Obama delivered $150 billion in cash and gold to Iran on the sly? The wall would cost a fraction of that.
Open borders cost a lot more.
President Donald Trump’s long-promised border wall between the US and Mexico could costs billions of dollars more than estimated, a new report from a government watchdog agency said on Monday.
And what is the cost to our nation if we do not get control over our borders?
Our very national existence is at stake.
And unlike a bullet train to nowhere the wall has national security benefits. Build the damn wall...
Maybe Obama could ask Iran for a loan...
It building it will cost many times more. I notice they did not mention that. Face it, if you are evil, you lie and deceive. It’s what you do.
Is this the same bunch that oversaw the embassy charlie foxtrot in London...
Nuff said.
Not if it’s a single payer health care system costing trillions.
“The Chinese built a wall over varying terrain a, before Christ”
And they havent had any problems with mexican illegal aliens since then. ;-)
And yet we would still come out way ahead with what we would save by not having to take care of a bunch of third world parasites forever and ever. Hmmm... So what's your point?
They’re trying to scare the low information voters. It’s what they do.
True story...
Uh huh. 500 billion for TARP. Congress had no problem funding that small expense.
Do you know how much an aircraft carrier ... one ship, costs these days?
Something absolutely insane I am sure.
Around $12 billion dollars. That would build a hell of a lot of barriers on the Southern border. One year’s worth of food stamps would build a fancy wall with money left over for staffing.
NOW they decide to discover fiscal responsibility???
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