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| Decepticon:
--- Quote from: Willymcmilly on January 26, 2017, 10:32:56 AM ---I was neutral on the wall before, but now that I think about it, forget this wall. I don't want to pay off an almost pointless wall when I'm older. How about subsidizing solar and wind energy like you do with fossil fuels? --- End quote --- --- Quote from: LeisureSuit912 on January 26, 2017, 10:20:24 AM ---Get ready for a massive tax hike --- End quote --- --- Quote from: Perry on January 25, 2017, 09:51:06 PM --- taxpayer dollars | | V --- End quote --- --- Quote from: Gsterman on January 25, 2017, 09:55:43 PM ---I and many other people do. Estimates have put it at around or above 20 billion, which isn't including upkeep and maintenance. I'd like my children's children not to have to pay off something that most likely won't work. --- End quote --- --- Quote from: Perry on January 25, 2017, 09:59:46 PM ---if they decide to pull the wall money out of my paycheck i'm going to be the first to protest forget your car tires i want my money --- End quote --- --- Quote from: SeventhSandwich on January 25, 2017, 11:03:12 PM ---I don't think you could scrounge $25 billion even if you drained the bank accounts of every illegal alien in our country. --- End quote --- --- Quote from: Nonnel on January 25, 2017, 11:05:35 PM ---so it's illegal mexican immigrants whom he wants to pay for it, not mexico. what a cheat! --- End quote --- --- Quote from: IkeTheGeneric on January 26, 2017, 12:51:01 AM ---rip money --- End quote --- it's just over 800 km long and costs around $2 million per Km. the US border with Mexico is about 3110 Km long iirc, so if we were at least as efficient as israel, the wall would set us back $6.2 Bn. however, Annoying Orange has said the wall will cost maybe ~$12 Bn, while washington post says it's around $25 Bn, either of which are still less than 1% of our yearly budget. that sounds like a lot of money but it's really only a small fraction of the federal budget. we could afford it, especially if we stop fighting other people's war for a while. not to mention obama threw away $34 Bn in one big gift package to israel, so i'm pretty sure we can deal with 6.2 billion. besides, american taxpayers pay, from what i recall, $84 billion annual to subsidize illegal immigration? we can just pull out money from that and STILL have not to mention obama blew off $34 Bn off to israel in a single gift package, i'm sure we can handle a loving 6 billion - 12 billion dollar project oh also remember, large construction is never paid for all at once and this will be spread out over a few years budget but no, we gotta remember what john oliver and washington post told us, dont forget the 20 billion! its going to send americans BROKE! |
| Bisjac:
thats not really that much. we waste that per week on basically nothing. |
| Nonnel:
I think the better point is that there are a lot of useful things we could do with $6-20 billion dollars. A wall isn't one of them. |
| Willymcmilly:
--- Quote from: Nonnel on January 26, 2017, 11:52:43 AM ---I think the better point is that there are a lot of useful things we could do with $6-20 billion dollars. A wall isn't one of them. --- End quote --- |
| Tayasaurus:
--- Quote from: Decepticon on January 26, 2017, 11:28:48 AM ---john oliver --- End quote --- Praise be our Liberal Lord and Saviors name, he will crack jokes about Annoying Orange and bring ruin to the right wing infidels |
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