Only $20m in existing funds found to pay for Mexico wall, document says
Source: Reuters
Construction for Donald Trumps proposed border wall hit a financial roadblock over low existing funds and resources in the homeland security department
Reuters
Wednesday 1 March 2017 18.55 EST
Donald Trumps promise to use existing funds to begin immediate construction of a wall on the US-Mexico border has hit a financial roadblock, according to a document seen by Reuters.
The rapid start of construction, promised throughout Trumps campaign and in an executive order issued in January on border security, was to be financed, according to the White House, with existing funds and resources of the Department of Homeland Security.
But so far, the DHS has identified only $20m that can be redirected to the multibillion-dollar project, according to a document prepared by the agency and distributed to congressional budget staff last week.
The document said the funds would be enough to cover a handful of contracts for wall prototypes, but not enough to begin construction of an actual barrier. This means that for the wall to move forward, the White House will need to convince Congress to appropriate funds.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/mar/01/mexico-border-wall-funds-trump-administration
dchill
(38,506 posts)for 1900 miles of police tape!
1900 miles is 10,032,000 feet. A roll of police tape is 1000 feet long, so we would need 10,032 rolls. At $10.95 a roll, it would cost $109,850.40 to purchase 1900 miles of police tape. And because the order is over $35, Trump could even brag that he negotiated free shipping.
BumRushDaShow
(129,165 posts)So you need fence posts! And if you place a pole every 10 ft, that comes out to a need for 1,003,200 poles. If you use the 7ft type - https://www.amazon.com/Origin-Point-Brands-100007-7-Feet/dp/B000HM8A6C @ $20.22 each, the cost would be $20,284,704.00 just for poles to tie the police tape!
MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)"Who knew that building this wall would be so HAAARRRD?"
FDT
BumRushDaShow
(129,165 posts)DK504
(3,847 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,165 posts)Ahpook
(2,750 posts)To gin up the serfs.
Fuck this clown! I am sick of this shit already
bucolic_frolic
(43,205 posts)FakeNoose
(32,658 posts)You may not use any of our hard-earned tax dollars to pay for your fucking idiotic wall.
You want a wall, you pay for it with your own untaxed dollars.
Thank you,
Citizens of USA
FakeNoose
(32,658 posts)Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)joet67
(624 posts)riversedge
(70,252 posts)luvMIdog
(2,533 posts)I'm surprised he isn't organizing the immigrants to build a pyramid for him
BumRushDaShow
(129,165 posts)although his name is in the middle of it!
luvMIdog
(2,533 posts)greymattermom
(5,754 posts)Luxor and be done.
dalton99a
(81,529 posts)ToxMarz
(2,169 posts)and each be paid $6.67 million. That will then be the last we will hear about The Wall since all available money will already have been stolen.