However, immediately after Bush declared a wall can’t be built, he also contradicted himself by saying construction of a wall would cost “billions".
“If it was [built], it would cost hundreds of billions of dollars,” he insisted.
Bush’s calculations predict that each mile of border fence would cost at least $100 million to construct.
It appears Bush may have exaggerated the cost of the wall that can’t be built. Experience shows that walls are much simpler to build than spaceships and rockets, nuclear weapons, or a huge military. In fact, the Government Accountability Office concluded in 2009 that the most ambitious border wall under consideration would cost $5.1 million per mile.
Trump is a construction professional, and he predicts a lower cost than “hundreds of billions.”
http://www.breitbart.com/border/2015/08/30/jeb-bushs-border-slogan-we-cant-do-it/
Mark Levin has discussed this on his show, that’s how I knew where to find the information.
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The Case for the Border Fence
By: Daniel Horowitz | August 25th, 2015
Yes, border fences work. And that is exactly why the political class is so stridently intent on opposing the construction of a full double-layered fence or any effective barrier at the border.
The bipartisan open borders cartel is all in favor of discussing sundry forms of “border security,” especially if it will afford them the political cover to pass amnesty. But the one tangible form of border security they will never support, and in fact, pull out all stops to prevent, is the completion of the border fence.
- See more at: https://www.conservativereview.com/Commentary/2015/08/Border-Fences-Work#sthash.USR8aOXu.dpuf
Trump is a private contractor. This is a government job. If you think the government is going to do a better job than normal, I want to sell you a big dig in Boston.