While I agree with each of you, we really haven’t established a net new source of revenue to build the wall. My guess too is the cost will far outstrip the money confiscated.
Israel built a very effective border barrier for 2 million dollars per kilometer, or about 3.2 million dollars per mile.
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Peace/fence.html
The southern US border is about 2,000 miles.
We pissed away a trillion dollars on Obola’s “shovel ready” infrastructure projects, and the only thing that happened was the money disappeared.
Spending 6.4 billion dollars (and Trump can probably beat that) on a border wall would be the best 6.4 billion dollars we ever spent.
While I agree with each of you, we really haven’t established a net new source of revenue to build the wall.
We shouldn't even have to. If we could eliminate 10% of the corruption in our government, we could build a wall 100 feet high and plate it with gold.
My guess too is the cost will far outstrip the money confiscated.
My guess is you are correct. If Trump is President, the money/material crossing the border illegally will be significantly reduced.
P.S. Congress already authorized funds to build the wall years ago. Where’s the wall, and where’s the rest of the money ? Since the construction was not finished, that money should be there and it could be used to get going again. (I know. Wishful thinking that any of that money is still sitting in some account)