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shraby

(21,946 posts)
Sat Feb 25, 2017, 03:00 PM Feb 2017

What would happen if on the Mexican side of the wall they destroyed the wall as it is being built?

Is the wall going to be totally on U.S. land or is it straddling the line?
We can't afford the damn thing anyway.

My guess is they will use Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid monies to help pay for it.

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MineralMan

(146,288 posts)
1. It will be built entirely within U.S. territory. Even Trump isn't so stupid
Sat Feb 25, 2017, 03:05 PM
Feb 2017

as to violate Mexican territory with such a wall.

SeattleVet

(5,477 posts)
5. It will all be on 'our' side...and mostly on private landowners' property.
Sat Feb 25, 2017, 03:54 PM
Feb 2017

In many cases, the physical barrier at the border is a mile or more into US territory, with the landowners needing to go to the other side of the wall/fence to access their property.

The government will be spending a LOT of money on easements and buying up property to compensate the current owners.

murielm99

(30,737 posts)
6. It will be vandalized not matter what they do.
Sat Feb 25, 2017, 03:58 PM
Feb 2017

First, they have to get money for it. That hasn't happened yet. They are getting nothing done.

Then, if they start to build, it will be a constant source of protest and disruption.

Bengus81

(6,931 posts)
8. What happens at the end of the wall in Brownsville...just walk around the corner of the POS??
Sat Feb 25, 2017, 05:05 PM
Feb 2017

Or is Cheeto going to run it a mile out into the Gulf?? What a JOKE that will make some very RICH at taxpayer expense.

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