Liberals worried about the US government spending money on the perfect quintessential “shove ready” project. That is rich.
Just curious as to how much the Democrats “shovel ready jobs”, of which this would be that never transpired would have cost the U.S. taxpayer?
Seems we hear about the costs only when it’s a Republican proposal. Republican spending bad. Democrat spending good.
The wall is a one time purchase... Illegal invasion is a never-ending drain on resources.
But the Federal government is almost always terrible at cost avoidance (i.e avoid the liabilities of allowing millions of low-skill people into the US)
I don't care what the wall costs. It's worth it.
It is still far less than what illegal aliens cost us in welfare, housing, prisons, healthcare, and deaths in a single year.
Link no work for me
Berlin Wall??? I was stationed there from ‘82-’85.
It was a 14 foot high concrete wall, topped by a 3 foot diameter cylinder so grappling hooks could not grab. Just in front of that wall were TV sighted machine gun placements every 500 meters, operated by the towers which were 1 km apart. Next came the dog runs, and then the outer minefields. (The last layer of mines was next to the wall.) basically, the wall was defended by 5 separate layers. 28 people tried to get over the American Sector Wall during my deployment.
Three made it.
THat’s less than a week of what we’ve spent pretending to get rid of ISIS. #buildthedmanwall
Dig a wide, deep ditch, fill it with barbed wire coils.
Put barbed wire coils along both edges.
Set up cameras and lights and patrols.
Done.
About the same as any given Progressive do-gooder welfare plan, and for some, much less?
Oh look! I just found half a billion! Thanks Planned Parenthood!
it wouldn’t cost us a penny, because we will make Mexico pay for it!
Continuing the invasion costs billions EVERY YEAR.
And, keeping our America as she is now is priceless.
Build it.
Note that the cost to US taxpayers of welfare benefits like healthcare for illegal aliens is always ignored with respect what Trump’s border wall is alleged to cost.
The corrupt, post-17th Amendment ratification Senate should never have passed the bills that helped to establish such benefits for illegals.
Hungary put theirs up in days and it’s worked. it’s not meant to be permanent but the armed guards make up for that ;)
Abolish the IRS, Dept. of Education and EPA and there’s the funds...
The same people who believe the wall is impossible have no problem paying $68 Billion for 568 miles of light rail in California....which for some reason is no problem.
A “wall” could consist of an adequate number of border patrol agents empowered to do their job.