Do it on pay per view...with funds going to Angel Mums and other victims of illegals
Looser gets their hair cut "Trump Style"
Posted on 02/16/2019 6:26:36 PM PST by 11th_VA
... President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency to fund the construction of a border wall could open the possibility of circumventing a competitive bidding process to award a multibillion-dollarcontract to a favored company, some government contracting experts warned Friday.
The most extreme scenario, contracting experts say, is one in which Trump flexes his presidential powers, channels his background as a real estate mogul, and selects a winner as if hosting “The Apprentice.”
“The president does have the prerogative to circumvent all of the competitive requirements by claiming a national emergency,” said D. Kent Goodger, a retired federal contracting officer. “He can go right to a favored source to build a fence.” ...
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Because an independently-wealthy multi-billionaire president who takes no salary and has virtually no “insider” political cronies is beholden to so many...
If he can find a company owned by Russia and Mexico to build wall he would cause a massive meltdown.
Then he gets to put up a sign like they do on roads:
“Under budget and ahead of schedule!”
The Left would love it.
Bunch of union low bidders that only want a lifetime job.
I guess DiFi’s husband won’t be getting this contract.
Just so the vendor places a yuuge golden T on the fence somewhere the media can see it.
Hey! Donors pay a lot of money to get “competitive” bids rigged to their favor!
Seems to me Congresses RINOs and Dems should offer “Trump rebates” to their donors...
I believe five companies were already awarded contracts and built their first sample prototypes. They have a unit cost price and each, one or all can be awarded different sections without any real delay.
They would mobilize in various sites in about ten to thirty days and initial preparatory work could then begin. Utility prep, site prep, grading, soils borings and the like can be underway at once.
The Army Corps of Engineers is already working on sections of the border wall.
I still think they should conscript illegals for the labor.
Give them 3 squares and a cot. 8 hours a day 6 days a week. On Sunday give them a choice of attending a serve conducted by a Baptist Minister or Catholic Priest. Pay them $800 a month. When the wall is finished give them a bus or plane ticket back to their village.
Any little kids that are detained with “Parents”should be adopted out.
A LOT of wall could still be done ahead of schedule and under the first estimates of the budget. This is Donald Trump running the project, you know.
And since they are getting paid anyway let them have the entire job. No labor costs means you can build more wall! And with each service having construction personnel spread multiple crews out and make a competition out of it. Plus having the military do the job lends credence to his contention that this is also a national security issue.
anyone: what happens to the 18 mill gofundme for the wall.
Do these people ever give it a REST?
When President Trump mocks the press and give a humorous headline that will describe his actions, it is not far from being totally accurate.
The same globalist scum that pay to keep the anti-Trump craze going will be lobbying their pet Congress Critters to get them a piece of the pie.
The time for talk is over, - build and staff the Wall!
He would more likely be able do that with a number of smaller contractors. Hopefully, the contractors would largely be from the border states; not sure there is a way to structure federal contracts to be awarded on a state basis to contractors of that state. (But there is always a work-around.)
““He can go right to a favored source to build a fence.”
Take note of US Steel announcing the reopening of an oven in Alabama, and a rolling mill in Texas, just days ago.
Do it on pay per view...with funds going to Angel Mums and other victims of illegals
Looser gets their hair cut "Trump Style"
Trump will stick with the contractors
who have already submitted successful
bids. In the interest of time and
logistics, To change now would slow
the existing process considerably.
The cheapest would be to have the
military build it, as hourly wages
wouldn’t come into play. But Trump
is focused on revitalizing American
enterprises. It makes him look good
putting American companies first.
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