[4Freedom]

"Saber, WTF is going on here? Seems 4Freedom and WRhine have turned nasty on you."

That's exactly what we're wondering, Poohbah. WTF is going on here?

Before Thanksgiving Saber was his normal "They Will Deport Themselves" self. After Thanksgiving he starts sounding like you in respect to the borders.

He actually somehow restrains himself even in the face of your absolutely ludicrous, off-the-wall (pun intended), $400 billion dollar, projection of the cost of building walls along the borders.

That's not the Sabertooth we knew.

We're not sure WTF happened to Saber over Thanksgiving, but somehow we know you're involved.

LOL!

[StarFan]

Ping for later read.

[Poohbah]

If you don't like the estimated cost of the wall, tell where you're going to save money on it.

The MX MPS program would have spent 75% of its budget on pouring concrete--in other words, on the same basic task that would be performed in building a nice high wall along the border. The Office of Technology assessment gave a total figure for the concrete needed for the planned MX MPS program, and some basic mathematics shows that your wall would need roughly 3 times as much concrete. Inflation since 1980 is calculable. I assumed that pouring 2,100 miles of concrete would pose no significant additional cost drivers.

The OTA report also gave a range of cost overrun figures from historical experience--and public works projects are, as a group, the worst offenders for going over budget.

I even gave you a break on the price tag--I simply assumed that Uncle Sam owned all of the land along the border and didn't have to exercise eminent domain. (The MX MPS program would have used government land exclusively--much of the proposed basing area for the missile is now the Great Basin National Park.)

If you have a problem with the price tag, tell me where it's wrong.

[Barnacle]

I bet Poohbah went without locks on the doors to his house. Too expensive.