Greg Abbott's $250 million in funding for a border wall likely to get him 20 miles, report suggests
Your tax dollars at work, Texas.
New state spending amid Gov. Greg Abbott's $250 million pledge to resurrect Donald Trump's border wall suggests all those dollars will get the Republican governor a whopping 20 miles of barrier, the Texas Tribune reports.
The news organization based its estimate on details of a $25-million state contract to build two miles of concrete border barrier in Eagle Pass. The funding is coming from the transportation department’s maintenance division budget, according to a state spokesman.
Elementary school-level math suggests that if Texas is spending $250 million on those two miles of concrete, the $250 million pot Abbott promised to use as a "downpayment" on a border wall likely will run dry in 20 miles, give or take.
By way of context, the Lone Star State shares around 1,000 miles of border with Mexico where there's no barrier, the Tribune reports.
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