The wall we payed for (Page 9): Sound deadening walls along the highway cost around $2million per linear mile. Your taxes pay for that. As of 2013 the government has spent over $6...

hondo812 Loc: Massachusetts

wooden_ships wrote:

Walls like that are effective when manned with military RoE that allow shoot to k**l. Those walls are smaller and much easier to patrol. Our wall is estimated to cost a minimum of $4 million per mile not to mention on-going cost of manning and maintenance. I don’t want my tax money wasted on this non-solution when there are better, more cost-effective solutions.

Sound deadening walls along the highway cost around $2million per linear mile. Your taxes pay for that. As of 2013 the government has spent over $6 billion on 3000 miles of these of which about 750 are in California. And all it does is sorta deaden the sound and obstruct the view.

I'd trade that for a border wall any day.

thom w Loc: San Jose, CA

hondo812 wrote:

Sound deadening walls along the highway cost around $2million per linear mile. Your taxes pay for that. As of 2013 the government has spent over $6 billion on 3000 miles of these of which about 750 are in California. And all it does is sorta deaden the sound and obstruct the view.

I'd trade that for a border wall any day.

Do you have any numbers on how many aliens per dollar a wall will stop compared to other means? I wish I did but I don't, but I would think it would be important before making the kind of stand Trump was and still may be making.

letmedance Loc: Walnut, Ca.

thom w wrote:

This post just screams for a smart ass reply, but I shall refrain.

You do make smart ass replies also, so live with it.

letmedance Loc: Walnut, Ca.

thom w wrote:

I've seen many say they won't sell for any price.

They do not have a choice, and how many is many?

letmedance Loc: Walnut, Ca.

thom w wrote:

When did you first become so concerned about our unsecure border? Real question.

40 years ago when I moved to Ca. and lived with circumstances that did not exist in La.

Elaine2025 Loc: Seattle, Wa

thom w wrote:

This post just screams for a smart ass reply, but I shall refrain.

Smart ass replys always make one look like a dumb ass.

Elaine2025 Loc: Seattle, Wa

thom w wrote:

No. Would be mean spirited and uncalled for, but oh so easy.

It always appears to be easy for you to look foolish. You excel at it. It is fun to watch.

Elaine2025 Loc: Seattle, Wa

thom w wrote:

Do you have any numbers on how many aliens per dollar a wall will stop compared to other means? I wish I did but I don't, but I would think it would be important before making the kind of stand Trump was and still may be making.

No border walls, no country. That was obummers world plan, a world with out borders.