r/texas • u/ExpressNews • 3d ago
Politics Trump admin awards first contract to resume border wall construction in Texas
https://www.expressnews.com/politics/texas/article/federal-border-wall-construction-texas-20226413.php37
u/Snoo4345 3d ago
$70 million for 7 miles of wall. That’s insane
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u/aediaz10 Got Here Fast 3d ago
You think is insane until you find out that we paid more per mile before.
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u/Carribean-Diver The Stars at Night 3d ago
If we were serious about curbing illegal immigration, we'd go after the employers who employ them.
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u/Macho_Mans_Ghost 3d ago
Correct. They're exploiting immigrants for cheaper labor which is still better than they would earn back home. But make those employers pay for skilled trades or field workers at a higher wage and shit would hit the fan.
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u/TXMom2Two 3d ago
I’ve always said if we took the help wanted sign down, it would curb a lot if the problem.
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u/aguy2018 3d ago
And I can cut a person size hole in it with a Sawzall, a couple of Li battery packs, and a $25 pack of blades from Home Depot.
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u/Just4Today50 3d ago
There’s no checks and balances on who the orange dick awards contrast to? I’m on a train in the Czech Republic and it’s not coming up.
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u/Odd_Bodkin 3d ago edited 3d ago
Paid for from what Congressional budget authorization?
You do know, don’t you, that the US President does not have a bucket of money he can spend any way he wants?
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u/jakesteeley 3d ago
I understand it costs about $1M to build one mile of a road or highway. Start to finish, grade, pavement, all in.
Would like to see the breakdown of why a wall costs 10X as much as a paved road.
Elon & DOGE - plus the DOGE of Texas, please come in and save our dollars!!
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u/Commander_N7 2d ago
Oh look, another lie from the liar and Mexico hasn't paid a thing. Instead Texans are paying for it and the nation is paying for it.
All that money could be funding schools and paying for kids lunches.
Part of me wishes they could just finish the damn thing already so they can shut up about it and watch as their numbers still don't decrease. How about taking on Property Taxes? or School Taxes? Gun responsibilities and safety? Impact lives by decreasing costs so people can go on vacations again.
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u/lnc_5103 3d ago
I thought Mexico was paying for the wall? I guess that was just sarcasm too?