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White House to Congress: Leave border wall funding to Texas, at up to $46M per mile
« on: June 12, 2021, 12:33:27 am »
Houston Chronicle by Benjamin Wermund 6/11/2021

A day after Gov. Greg Abbott said the state of Texas would pick up where former President Donald Trump left off building a border wall, the White House urged Congress to cancel billions of dollars in funding for the wall — making it clear that Texas will likely be left to cover the tab on its own.

And according to the White House, it will be a costly endeavor. The Biden administration said Friday that Trump spent as much $46 million per mile on some segments of the wall.

The administration completed a review of border wall projects Friday and made clear it doesn’t plan to build more. Officials said the administration will return $2 billion to military construction projects that the Trump administration had raided to fund the wall — including sending $22 million to build dining halls at Camp Bullis outside San Antonio.

More: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/As-Abbott-moves-to-build-more-border-wall-White-16241913.php
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Re: White House to Congress: Leave border wall funding to Texas, at up to $46M per mile
« Reply #1 on: June 12, 2021, 12:35:05 am »
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Re: White House to Congress: Leave border wall funding to Texas, at up to $46M per mile
« Reply #2 on: June 12, 2021, 12:48:02 am »
I’m sure the contractors Trump had lined up have a lot of material in the pipeline they’d get rid of at a discount rate.

BTW have I said I hate leftists.
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Re: White House to Congress: Leave border wall funding to Texas, at up to $46M per mile
« Reply #3 on: June 12, 2021, 10:49:43 am »
Quote from: skeeter on June 12, 2021, 12:48:02 am
I’m sure the contractors Trump had lined up have a lot of material in the pipeline they’d get rid of at a discount rate.

BTW have I said I hate leftists.
Maybe they could pick up a lot of pipe from TC Energy. They have roughly 340 miles of it...
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Re: White House to Congress: Leave border wall funding to Texas, at up to $46M per mile
« Reply #4 on: June 12, 2021, 09:22:16 pm »
If it's worth having, it's worth paying for.

Nothing comes "for free".

Texans, you have a choice to make.

Choose wisely...
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Re: White House to Congress: Leave border wall funding to Texas, at up to $46M per mile
« Reply #5 on: June 12, 2021, 10:24:03 pm »
Always wondered why the price tag was so high for some steel beams, some welding, some digging and some foundation work.

At 46 megabucks a mile, that comes out to $8712 a foot.   And from the views of the Wall I've seen, about six inches of that foot is open air.

Hint:  Land mines + Signs (in English, of course) cost a hell of a lot less, and then we can feed the vultures for free.
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Re: White House to Congress: Leave border wall funding to Texas, at up to $46M per mile
« Reply #6 on: June 12, 2021, 10:40:00 pm »
Sled dog wrote:
"At 46 megabucks a mile, that comes out to $8712 a foot.   And from the views of the Wall I've seen, about six inches of that foot is open air."

I'd recommend that Governor Abbott put a call in to the company that built the Israeli border barrier along Gaza.

Probably cheaper, and a whole lot higher and stronger as well:
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Re: White House to Congress: Leave border wall funding to Texas, at up to $46M per mile
« Reply #7 on: June 12, 2021, 11:35:31 pm »
Quote from: Sled Dog on June 12, 2021, 10:24:03 pm
Always wondered why the price tag was so high for some steel beams, some welding, some digging and some foundation work.

At 46 megabucks a mile, that comes out to $8712 a foot.   And from the views of the Wall I've seen, about six inches of that foot is open air.

Hint:  Land mines + Signs (in English, of course) cost a hell of a lot less, and then we can feed the vultures for free.
I'm sure there is a reason for all that open air.

(They don't want it to interfere with the migration patterns of the twitterpated gnat or some such.)
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Re: White House to Congress: Leave border wall funding to Texas, at up to $46M per mile
« Reply #8 on: June 13, 2021, 07:01:44 am »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on June 12, 2021, 11:35:31 pm
I'm sure there is a reason for all that open air.

(They don't want it to interfere with the migration patterns of the twitterpated gnat or some such.)

The wall was designed as a steel beam picket fence to allow the Border Patrol to see through the barrier.   It is a safety feature.

I still stay the wall should be fronted with land mines and a barrier wire preventing accidental trespass on the loaded ground.
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