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Build a new ‘American’ canal instead of a border wall.

Posted on 2/19/24 at 10:10 pm
Posted by RBTiger
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2011
7688 posts
Posted on 2/19/24 at 10:10 pm
Dream come true for Caterpillar and mining companies.

https://twitter.com/David_13_x/status/1759344669719437747

@David_13_x
I did the math, based on what it cost to build the Panama Canal, this would cost somewhere a bit north of $550 billion

Or roughly half the next aid package for Ukraine

This post was edited on 2/19/24 at 10:11 pm
Posted by Indefatigable
Member since Jan 2019
26334 posts
Posted on 2/19/24 at 10:12 pm to
We should have just kept OUR canal that WE built.
Posted by Jones
Member since Oct 2005
90516 posts
Posted on 2/19/24 at 10:13 pm to
quote:

this would cost somewhere a bit north of $550 billion


lol no
Posted by JackieTreehorn
Malibu
Member since Sep 2013
29092 posts
Posted on 2/19/24 at 10:14 pm to
The pollution from our trucks alone could melt the caps and fill Trump Canal.

Posted by billjamin
Houston
Member since Jun 2019
12505 posts
Posted on 2/19/24 at 10:17 pm to
Well that’s the dumbest fricking thing I’ve read today.
Posted by faraway
Member since Nov 2022
2019 posts
Posted on 2/19/24 at 10:18 pm to
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We should have just kept OUR canal that WE built.
not as profitable as building a new one, now is it
Posted by hottub
Member since Dec 2012
3337 posts
Posted on 2/19/24 at 10:26 pm to
We shouldn’t have stopped at the Rio Grande 150 years ago.

Reservation Casinos in Belize, Honduras, etc. would be all the rage right now.

Posted by Indefatigable
Member since Jan 2019
26334 posts
Posted on 2/19/24 at 10:29 pm to
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not as profitable as building a new one, now is it

Yes actually, it is. Obviously OP is a joke, but outside of going through lake Nicaragua, we picked the best location for the canal.


Then we just……gave it to the Chinese because Jimmy Carter is a nice guy.
Posted by Lsuhoohoo
Member since Sep 2007
94524 posts
Posted on 2/19/24 at 10:32 pm to
Yeah I don't see any flaws. Reserving my spot for a Galveston to Seattle Cruise.
Posted by RBTiger
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2011
7688 posts
Posted on 2/19/24 at 10:56 pm to
Yeah it's supposed to be a joke. A Pipe dream.

Just showing a comparison to the colossal amount of money has been going to the UKraine

Boris Johnson would not allow a truce
Posted by LSUnation78
Northshore
Member since Aug 2012
12071 posts
Posted on 2/19/24 at 10:58 pm to
How much cash do you think has gone to Ukraine?
Posted by SirWinston
PNW
Member since Jul 2014
81763 posts
Posted on 2/19/24 at 11:16 pm to
That's heckin awesome but I'm sure environmentalists would flip tf out
This post was edited on 2/19/24 at 11:17 pm
Posted by OU Guy
Member since Feb 2022
8244 posts
Posted on 2/19/24 at 11:51 pm to
And if it’s seawater make sure great whites are stocked in it. And salt water gators.

Posted by WildTchoupitoulas
Member since Jan 2010
44071 posts
Posted on 2/19/24 at 11:57 pm to
quote:

How much cash do you think has gone to Ukraine?

I think you're in the wrong thread.
Posted by ChatGPT of LA
Member since Mar 2023
299 posts
Posted on 2/20/24 at 12:20 am to
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And if it’s seawater


how the frick would it not be salt water, genius?
Posted by LemmyLives
Texas
Member since Mar 2019
6417 posts
Posted on 2/20/24 at 12:31 am to
I'm guessing his point was that we (states and feds) would have spent far less money on illegals than we would have to just cut a canal and fill it with sharks/mines/gators.
Posted by Houag80
Member since Jul 2019
9182 posts
Posted on 2/20/24 at 3:54 am to
Haven't read any EV stories, eh?
Posted by ChineseBandit58
Pearland, TX
Member since Aug 2005
42602 posts
Posted on 2/20/24 at 5:15 am to
Posted by Hayekian serf
GA
Member since Dec 2020
2550 posts
Posted on 2/20/24 at 5:17 am to
That would cost more than 550 billion in my opinion.

And could you imagine how much easier it would be to get people and drugs into the U.S.?

So many more opportunities.

This post was edited on 2/20/24 at 5:18 am
Posted by dgnx6
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2006
68636 posts
Posted on 2/20/24 at 5:24 am to
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Well that’s the dumbest fricking thing I’ve read today.


What’s dumb is sending billions to Ukraine and not being able to track a single cent.

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