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[news] THE WALL IS GOING UP
kongo:
--- Quote from: IkeTheGeneric on January 26, 2017, 07:34:07 PM ---Yeah, like being broke because we spent all of our money on a wall
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at least the wall won't be broken
SuperSuit12:
--- Quote from: Drydess on January 26, 2017, 05:24:50 PM ---why not a moat AND a wall
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here's a better idea, why not just build a MALL along the entire border
Poliwhirl:
historically, 12 billion dollars is a steep price for a government construction. the hoover dam, which was probably more useful than this wall will be, costed roughly $750 million in today's market. some historians even say the palace of versailles, the most expensive building in history which contained like a metric ton of silver if i remember correctly, could have costed less than 12 billion dollars.
sources:
https://www.marketplace.org/2010/05/28/sustainability/why-we-might-not-have-built-hoover-dam-today
http://www.pbs.org/marieantoinette/life/index.html
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_expensive_buildings
granted the palace of versailles' cost is debated and the great wall of china, although way bigger and was built a long time ago and doesnt necessarily have a traceable cost in materials for the time, was way more expensive.
the point still stands that this is a hefty price that is not often considered for government structures.
Ipquarx:
--- Quote from: Wesley Williams on January 26, 2017, 07:45:57 PM ---The estimated price of the wall is $12 to $15 billion.
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That's extraordinarily generous. It's more likely to cost between 20 and 40 billion dollars, at least 50% of which is going to come straight out of taxpayer pockets in the best case scenario.
KickFlow:
i dont understand what's so difficult to understand that mexico will pay for this???