Cost Of The Border Wall May Go Overbudget

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06 Aug 2018, 6:02 pm

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/gov-t-report-warns-trump-s-wall-may-bust-budget-n898066

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06 Aug 2018, 9:25 pm

and be a failure

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06 Aug 2018, 10:55 pm

*FALLING OFF CHAIR*

nooooooooooooooo..... I am truly shocked.

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07 Aug 2018, 12:06 am

Mexico is going to pay for it.

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07 Aug 2018, 1:36 am

Maybe the US should invade Mexico and take by force any valuables till there's at least enough to pay for the wall, before invading Sweden.

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07 Aug 2018, 9:35 am

Spiderpig wrote:

Maybe the US should invade Mexico and take by force any valuables till there's at least enough to pay for the wall, before invading Sweden.

Now THATS using your head!

That's good. Invade, and plunder em, but stop plundering when we reach the price tag of the wall.

Alternatively:No military movement. No invasion.

Just legalize marijuana, and then put a heavy tariff on weed imported into the US from Mexico. And then use the proceeds of the tariff to pay for the Wall, thereby ...in effect...making Mexico pay for the Wall!

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07 Aug 2018, 9:39 am

There border wall will be built while Hillary Clinton is serving a prison sentence for treason. In other words, NEVER!

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07 Aug 2018, 9:45 am

EzraS wrote:

Mexico is going to pay for it.

No they aren't. I doubt that Trump is going to force them.

If Trump does try to force Mexico to pay for the wall using threats of violence, the rest of the world will turn on Trump and the American economy with be destroyed.

Many American patriots seem to think that America is some sort of invincible juggernaut which can do anything by itself. In reality, America is heavily reliant on goods from other countries, such as Canadian lumber, African cocoa, ect.

Ancient Israel also viewed itself as some sort of invincible juggernaut. So did the Roman Empire. So did the Mongol Empire. So did the British Empire.

Patriotism is brain poison. What else is new?

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07 Aug 2018, 9:47 am

Fnord wrote:

There border wall will be built while Hillary Clinton is serving a prison sentence for treason. In other words, NEVER!

Well … both of them deserve a prison sentence.

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07 Aug 2018, 9:51 am

Spiderpig wrote:

Maybe the US should invade Mexico and take by force any valuables till there's at least enough to pay for the wall, before invading Sweden.

Fun Fact: The US military has already been in Mexico since 2006.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Drug_War

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07 Aug 2018, 3:35 pm

I think a telethon would be a capital idea! I'm certain all Trump's supporters would give generously.

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07 Aug 2018, 4:07 pm

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Now THATS using your head!

That's good. Invade, and plunder em, but stop plundering when we reach the price tag of the wall.

Oh, no, I said at least enough because there really should be a bit more, so Mr Trump can give himself some well-deserved reward.

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07 Aug 2018, 4:50 pm

Its a stupid idea anyways, it won't even keep 'illegals' from entering the country. It could disrupt important animal migrations though, so if anything its an environmental hazard and that's about it.

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09 Aug 2018, 4:39 pm

DarthMetaKnight wrote:

If Trump does try to force Mexico to pay for the wall using threats of violence, the rest of the world will turn on Trump

How can you be so sure? It'd be interesting to see that claim put to the test.

DarthMetaKnight wrote:

and the American economy with be destroyed.

Long live the American economy with bees destroyed!

DarthMetaKnight wrote:

Many American patriots seem to think that America is some sort of invincible juggernaut which can do anything by itself. In reality, America is heavily reliant on goods from other countries, such as Canadian lumber, African cocoa, ect.

Not really. Bullies don't believe they're invincible; they just know whom to bully and when. They might as well be invincible as far as their victims are concerned, but that's tough on the latter for being victims. It's only a testament to the bully's prowess.

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Ancient Israel also viewed itself as some sort of invincible juggernaut. So did the Roman Empire. So did the Mongol Empire. So did the British Empire.

They did because for some time they effectively were. The lesson, therefore, is to treasure your will to power, to keep doing anything in your power to get more power, and never to take for granted your continued success.

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Patriotism is brain poison. What else is new?

But it works; that's what counts.

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09 Aug 2018, 10:44 pm

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Maybe it won't stop "illegals" if you're doing a half-assed job. Make it like a giant version of the Berlin Wall. Shoot liberally anything in sight that moves. Sell the meat. If too many keep coming, well, do you bother to kill ants a few tens or hundreds at a time when you can destroy the colony? Get down to business already and bomb the hell out the whole country till there's nothing left of it but a wasteland inhabited only by cockroaches. No more migrations to worry about, human or otherwise!

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14 Aug 2018, 4:22 am

Spiderpig wrote:

>Make it like a giant version of the Berlin Wall.

>Shoot liberally anything in sight that moves.

>Sell the meat.

Is this a roundabout way to advocate cannibalism?

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