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How many jobs would the wall provide?

Posted on 1/3/19 at 4:17 pm
Posted by fareplay
Member since Nov 2012
6626 posts
Posted on 1/3/19 at 4:17 pm
I’ve been thinking, would Texas economy boom once we approve the wall? I am guessing contractors are going to get super expensive. I have some roof and otherhome repairs so wondering if now is the time
Posted by Bullfrog
Running Through the Wet Grass
Member since Jul 2010
61777 posts
Posted on 1/3/19 at 4:18 pm to
The Night’s Watch needs about 1000 men of the black.
Posted by LNCHBOX
70448
Member since Jun 2009
89339 posts
Posted on 1/3/19 at 4:18 pm to
Hopefully enough to get you one so you stop starting dumb threads on the wrong boards.
Posted by slackster
Houston
Member since Mar 2009
91871 posts
Posted on 1/3/19 at 4:19 pm to
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I am guessing contractors are going to get super expensive


Labor is going to get expensive. Contractors are just going to take their cut off that, but there won't be any noticeable demand for residential contractors due to a steel wall being constructed.
Posted by brian_wilson
Member since Oct 2016
3581 posts
Posted on 1/3/19 at 4:28 pm to
quote:

How many jobs would the wall provide?


Potentially a lot, the problem is the wall will mostly be in the middle of nowhere.
Posted by rowbear1922
Houston, TX
Member since Oct 2008
15825 posts
Posted on 1/3/19 at 4:31 pm to
Bout 350,000
Posted by TDsngumbo
Member since Oct 2011
51587 posts
Posted on 1/3/19 at 4:32 pm to
All the open construction and landscaping jobs once the wall is complete will add up to a million or more alone.
Posted by JoePepitone
Waffle House #1494
Member since Feb 2014
12197 posts
Posted on 1/3/19 at 4:34 pm to
I was told that most of the general contractors were planning to bring in subs who would use illegal Mexicans as their labor force.
Posted by Tactical1
Denham Springs
Member since May 2010
27179 posts
Posted on 1/3/19 at 4:35 pm to
What wall?
Posted by Tyga Woods
South Central Jupiter Island, FL
Member since Sep 2016
42882 posts
Posted on 1/3/19 at 4:39 pm to
Have the current illegals build the wall from the Mexico side. When they’re done they will have deported themselves. Profit.
Posted by TigerChief10
Member since Dec 2012
10858 posts
Posted on 1/3/19 at 4:39 pm to
I would imagine being a laborer would pay well too. I’m sure it would be a dangerous job with the cartels and coyotes not wanting the wall going up. They would either have to provide military security for the laborers or pay them extremely well.
Posted by Brian Wilson
Member since Mar 2012
2397 posts
Posted on 1/3/19 at 4:40 pm to
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I have some roof and otherhome repairs so wondering if now is the time


It won't be residential guys working on the wall.
Posted by biggsc
Member since Mar 2009
34777 posts
Posted on 1/3/19 at 4:41 pm to
Tree fiddy thou jobs
Posted by MoarKilometers
Member since Apr 2015
21399 posts
Posted on 1/3/19 at 5:17 pm to
Depends... how many ag jobs do you want to lose by walling of access to water. Do you want useless wall builders or farmers?
Posted by LSUtoBOOT
Member since Aug 2012
21129 posts
Posted on 1/3/19 at 5:19 pm to
Make the price of admission one cinder block and a quart of mortar and that wall will be completed by year end. Just need a few supervisors.
Posted by JPinLondon
not in London (currently NW Ohio)
Member since Nov 2006
7881 posts
Posted on 1/3/19 at 5:22 pm to
I don't know how many jobs, but I suspect the ER wait-times for legal citizens will drop at Ben Taub and East Jefferson Hospitals.
Posted by Fat and Happy
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2013
20234 posts
Posted on 1/3/19 at 5:25 pm to
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Builders
Posted by Rust Cohle
Baton rouge
Member since Mar 2014
2167 posts
Posted on 1/3/19 at 6:29 pm to
Ever heard of the broken window fallacy?

LINK
Posted by stinkdawg
Savannah, smoking by the gas cans
Member since Aug 2014
4072 posts
Posted on 1/3/19 at 6:34 pm to
quote:

Do you want useless wall builders or farmers?

I want it all! Useless wall builders and "Documented farmer workers".
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
53814 posts
Posted on 1/3/19 at 6:36 pm to
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Ever heard of the broken window fallacy? 

One could argue that this applies to most government spending.
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