(12-21-2018 12:19 PM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  

(12-21-2018 12:14 PM)BobcatEngineer Wrote:  

(12-21-2018 11:52 AM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  

(12-21-2018 11:47 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(12-21-2018 10:18 AM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  $11.6mil and couting [sic]...

Paging P.T. Barnum.

But great...if you estimate the cost at a conservative $25 billion, you're .0464% of the way there!

Actually a conservative estimate would be less than $10 billion, a liberal estimate would be $70 billion... nice try barbie.

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/trumps-b...atistician

The statistician in the article you cite said it would cost $25 billion. The "conservative" estimate of less than $10 billion comes from Trump's mouth. I'd like to see how he arrives at that number.

$12.3 Billion in materials
$12.3 Billion in labor
$300 Million in land acquisition

TOTAL = $24.9 Billion

For the most part, I agree with the author's opinion:

Quote:Here’s another misconception. According to a 2015 report by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, 95 percent of drugs enter the United States via container ships or other vessels. So in reality, a wall is going to do absolutely nothing to stop drug trafficking.

Quote:The real question the American public should be asking isn’t how much is the wall going to cost, but rather what is the best way to secure our borders and reduce illegal activity like human and drug trafficking, while at the same time promoting the American dream and helping those who are fleeing for their lives?

The question shouldn’t be about the dollar cost of the wall. It should be about the validity of the wall.

whether its $8B or $25B, its still silly to think thats the crowdfund will be the only way to get the wall funded.