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

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

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I don't think this guy knows how math works... But i do like his enthusiasm.

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Although Carter was a disastrous President, giving that canal to Panama was a great move. It helped secure that area against communism

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Hilarious, given who now operates the canal.

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way cheaper than if we would have had to fund insurrections to stop the commies.

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We did that anyway.

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or to whom.

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That part I for sure agree with

I agree this would be a pipe dream... but it's not like we haven't kind of already done it once...

The Intracoastal Waterway is a navigable inland waterway that runs along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States. Some key details about its history:
- Planning and early development began in the early 19th century, though some natural inlets and rivers were already being used informally as inland routes.
- The Rivers and Harbors Act of 1909 authorized formal development of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway from Boston, MA to Beaufort, NC. This allowed for channel improvements and the construction of artificial canals to connect natural inlets, bays, and rivers into a continuous navigable route.
- It was largely complete along the Atlantic coast up through Virginia by 1940. Additional legs extending it southward to Florida and along the Gulf Coast extended progress through the 1960s and 1970s.
- It was intended to provide a sheltered, shallow-draft route for coastal shipping and transportation as an alternative to more hazardous open ocean routes. This allowed commercial traffic to avoid rough seas and assisted trade and development of coastal communities.
- Over the years it became increasingly used for commercial fishing and recreational boating as well. Barge traffic carrying bulk goods like petroleum and coal was also common through parts of its history.
So in summary, the Intracoastal Waterway is an instrumental inland water route, over 3,000 miles in total length, built along the Eastern Seaboard and Gulf Coast starting in the early 1900s and improved gradually over decades to support coastal trade and transportation.



I'm not saying it would be cheap (Or Quick), but why not keep the process going to the West Coast? Aside from deterring the immigration problem, we could finally send and receive goods to the Western United States via waterways without the weeks-long journey to the Panama Canal.

Of course, it might be kinda hard to dig through the 4000-5000 feet that the continental divide is above sea level at the border... muh details.

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

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Not if its stocked full of sharks with lasers.

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

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Amazingly, this would be every stupider.