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re: $236B wall or 188 IQ?
Posted on 3/10/17 at 7:44 am to germandawg
Posted on 3/10/17 at 7:44 am to germandawg
Damn wall of text of opinion bullshite
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Posted on 3/10/17 at 8:12 am to lsu480
quote:I don't believe the $236 billion number, but if it were true, there is no way it would ever pay off. $236 billion is 20-25% of a typical annual budget for the US, based on recent years. It's something like 40% of our annual military budget (not using a calculator but should be close).
Even if it was 236 billion it would be an investment that yielded huge returns
edit: I'd need to see some explanation of the $236B figure to understand how they come up with that projection. Seems high.
This post was edited on 3/10/17 at 8:16 am
Posted on 3/10/17 at 8:14 am to SoulGlo
quote:Although that's an enormous amount of money, it makes a lot more sense. Right of way in highly developed urban area is expensive, not to mention construction expenses.
Arizona managed to spend $80MILLION PER MILE on a frickING LIGHT RAIL.
A border wall still has right of way issues since it has to pass through private property (sometimes, anyway). But it should be a lot less expensive since most of the border isn't urbanized.
This post was edited on 3/10/17 at 8:15 am
Posted on 3/10/17 at 8:22 am to bamarep
We don't believe who you portray on here, though.
Posted on 3/10/17 at 9:06 am to lsu480
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Even if it was 236 billion it would be an investment that yielded huge returns
Voted for Trump but the wall is not needed. The government should strategically space several military installations along the border and train our troops with the high tech gadgets we have available to monitor the whole damn border, now the soldiers can get real experience using the technology and at the same time intercepting the law breakers.
Posted on 3/10/17 at 9:13 am to TiptonInSC
He's going to make it out of solar panels and kill two birds with one stone.
Posted on 3/11/17 at 12:52 am to Hog on the Hill
quote:
I don't believe the $236 billion number, but if it were true, there is no way it would ever pay off. $236 billion is 20-25% of a typical annual budget for the US, based on recent years. It's something like 40% of our annual military budget (not using a calculator but should be close).
Of course it's not that much but of even so it would pay off. The government can borrow that money and only pay something like 5 billion a year interest on it and the extra we could put towards paying the debt down and it wouldn't take too long at all, especially when you factor in inflation.
Posted on 3/11/17 at 6:30 am to Tigerdev
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Sounds like a man crush combined with a warped world perspective.
Says the guy who's utterly convinced that opposition to poor Barack Obama was rooted almost solely in racism.
Sheesh. Do some of you people ever even listen to yourselves?
This post was edited on 3/11/17 at 6:32 am
Posted on 3/11/17 at 8:10 am to Kafka
Back to wall. Whatever it would cost, dont let your member of congress use your tax dollars.
Why give trump a pass? This wall was supposed to demonstrate his negotiating skills. Come on. Man up. Tell congress you wont pay for trumps wall. Trumps folly was to think congress would bow to him. Help congress stand up for a debt ceiling. Trump wants you to let him outspend obama. Infrastructure. Trillion $$$$$$$$$$. More war materials. 54 billion on top of the planned expenses. New Nukes. And Mexico's wall. Confess. You are disappointed.
Why give trump a pass? This wall was supposed to demonstrate his negotiating skills. Come on. Man up. Tell congress you wont pay for trumps wall. Trumps folly was to think congress would bow to him. Help congress stand up for a debt ceiling. Trump wants you to let him outspend obama. Infrastructure. Trillion $$$$$$$$$$. More war materials. 54 billion on top of the planned expenses. New Nukes. And Mexico's wall. Confess. You are disappointed.
This post was edited on 3/11/17 at 8:11 am
Posted on 3/11/17 at 9:05 am to CelticDog
Are you against more debt or just when an "R" is in control of the Presidency?
Posted on 3/11/17 at 9:11 am to moneyg
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His IQ is approximately 85
Well that is a lie, but to play along, that would still be 84 points higher than yours...
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