CNN just reported that wall will cost $12-15 million.

[CrispyQ]

I've read that it is $12-15 Billion. Is it worth trying to correct them?

[CincyDem]

1. Waiter...waiter...at $15 million each, I'll take two please !

[KingCharlemagne]

2. Yes, it's worth it - nt

[brucefan]

3. Mexico's paying for it

What's the difference?

[Eyeball_Kid]

11. Nope. You and I are paying for it, and Mexican companies will do the work.

[brucefan]

13. I keep forgetting

[WhiteTara]

16. We'll get to pay for it twice

Once in taxes and the other in surcharges on food. We're so lucky

[forgotmylogin]

17. Yeah, I noticed my frozen broccoli last night said "Product of Mexico" on it.

[WhiteTara]

18. tomatoes, onions, broccoli

asparagus, fruit, you name it. Mostly grown just on the other side of the border.

[Ilsa]

4. They may have a twitter feed

For that show as well as the network. See if anyone has corrected them.

[Blanks]

5. At that price we can build a thousand walls. eom

[Cirque du So-What]

6. Per mile?

Wouldn't come cheap, regardless. That figure is muy low by any measure.

[Eyeball_Kid]

7. Cost overruns and no-bid contracts will run the cost to over 20 BILLION. Guaranteed, IMO.

Oh, and let's remember that the US will have to HIRE MEXICAN CONTRACTORS to build the wall because the costs of using US contractors whose resources are at great distances away from the border will be prohibitive.

So, what started out as a WALL for which Mexico will pay ends up being a Construction Project paid for by US taxpayers and subcontracted to MEXICAN businesses!

How's that for Trumpy keeping his promises? Eh, Fanboys?

[louis-t]

12. Sub-contracted to Mexican businesses which drumpf will then

refuse to pay. Everyone has to have a business plan, I guess.

[pinboy3niner]

19. Plus none of the estimates include the substantial cost of acquiring the land

In addition, Trump's border enforcement initiatives have more costs than just a wall--like hiring 5,000 more CBP workers.

[ghostsinthemachine]

8. Per 100 feet, perhaps

Can't wait for all those prevailing wage jobs.

I would try to call them, but CNN isn't easy to get a hold of. Pretty important distinction I think.

[Blue_true]

20. Maybe per 1,000 miles. There is something like

7,000 miles to cover, some over daunting terrain.

[MineralMan]

9. Don't worry. The Mexicans will pay for it. Trump said so, and

he never lies. Really. Don't sweat the cost.

[frazzled]

10. It is BILLION

You must have heard it wrong, or the reporter misread it. Even Mitch McConnell has said it will cost $10-15 Billion. Other estimates have put it closer to $25 billion.

[CrispyQ]

14. It was in print - the first bulleted item. -nt

[HoneyBadger]

15. It is going to be billions and it cannot be completed in 4 or 8 years

Think of how long it takes to get a politically incorrect Pipeline approved and built. And a Pipeline can be routed as convenient to some degree. Not so with a border wall. Some possibilities are

1) New President stops wall
2) Economy tanks and no one can pay
3) Economy booms and there is no labor
And probably a thousand other options

I believe that something gets started and nothing gets finished. The wall is a distraction for everyone. Mexican illegal immigration is not an ongoing issue at this time. Mexican drug smuggling, which is responsible for 90% of the illegal drugs in the US. That is the real issue. I support legalization of drugs. Keeping them illegal creates a lot of problems in the US.


Marijuana: Mexico is the number one foreign supplier of marijuana to the United States, and marijuana is thought to be the top revenue generator for Mexican drug cartels.
Cocaine: Mexico does not produce cocaine, however, Mexican cartels move Columbian cocaine through South and Central America and into the United States. An estimated 93 percent of cocaine headed to the US from South America moves through Mexico.
Methamphetamine: Mexico remains the biggest foreign supplier of methamphetamine to the United States, and Mexican drug cartels set up labs to manufacture meth on both sides of the border, controlling labs in Southern California as well as domestically.