Trump’s Wall Costs $21.6 Billion; Illegal Immigration Costs $148.3 Billion Per Year

[otto105]

We've all heard the snowflake lies about the cost of the wall and the cost of illegal immigration. Here's a more credible examination of the facts.

Trump's Wall Costs $21.6 Billion; Illegal Immigration Costs $148.3 Billion Per Year—Do The Math | National Economics Editorial​

President Donald Trump announced that he will fulfill his campaign promise to build a nearly 2,000 mile long wall (not a fence) along America’s southern border with Mexico.

The idea is that a physical barrier will act as a low-cost deterrent, and will help stem the flow of illegal immigrants entering America via Mexico—the hope is that once an illegal alien (particularly a criminal migrant) is deported, they won’t return.

The plan is simple and time-tested—China’s Great Wall did it’s job, so did Hadrian’s Wall in Roman Britain—and yet it’s come under fire from the mainstream media.

They claim that the wall will be prohibitively expensive, that illegal immigrants contribute to America’s economy (so there’s no reason to deport them), and that the wall won’t work.

They’re factually wrong on all accounts—let’s look at the numbers.

How Much Will Trump’s Wall Cost? $21.6 Billion.
The first question we must address is very straightforward: how much would it cost to build a wall along the Mexican border?

We don’t know for sure (construction costs rarely align with initial estimates), but we have a few good estimates.

Senate leader Mitch McConnell said Congress estimates the wall will cost $15 billion at most—he said it would likely fall within a range of $12 to $15 billion.

However, according to more recent information acquired by Reuters, the border wall will cost $21.6 billion, and will take roughly 3.5 years to build. This is according to a document from the Department of Homeland Security.

It’s probably our best current estimate, and this article will proceed under using this cost assumption.

On the high end (which can’t be totally discounted, given the nature of construction projects), the left-wing advocacy group cum “newspaper” the Huffington Post said the wall would cost roughly $40 billion. Their evidence is based on a study done by MIT (although their assumptions about the size and building materials may be why the projection is so high).

Either way, the cost of the wall pales in comparison to the cost of illegal immigrants in America.

. . . . . . . .​

How much GDP does the immigrant community create for our economy per year?

 

[P@triot]

THERE AINT GONNA BE NO DAMN WALL exactly like Ive been telling you idiots since day 1.

Forgive us if we have 0 faith in your predictions...

 

[P@triot]

THERE AINT GONNA BE NO DAMN WALL exactly like Ive been telling you idiots since day 1.

Forgive us if we have 0 faith in your predictions...

 

[otto105]

THERE AINT GONNA BE NO DAMN WALL exactly like Ive been telling you idiots since day 1.

Forgive us if we have 0 faith in your predictions...

View attachment 192618

Siete meant the two coming elections.

 

[P@triot]

THERE AINT GONNA BE NO DAMN WALL exactly like Ive been telling you idiots since day 1.

Forgive us if we have 0 faith in your predictions...

 

[P@triot]

THERE AINT GONNA BE NO DAMN WALL exactly like Ive been telling you idiots since day 1.

Everyone...please listen to Siete. He has a history of being very wise!

 

[P@triot]

THERE AINT GONNA BE NO DAMN WALL exactly like Ive been telling you idiots since day 1.

Everyone...please listen to Siete. He has a history of being very wise!

 

[Slyhunter]

Considerably more than President Trump's wall. And this is just the cost to legalize the "Dreamers".
CBO reveals the astronomical cost taxpayers would pay to legalize ‘Dreamers’

I have to question the math.

It’s the CBO, my little parasite. The numbers are spot-on.

did they also estimate how effective the wall would be?

It'll stop most of the drug smuggling.

with the latest advances in catapult and drone technologies; right wing fantasy is the Only place, that works.

ooOOO target practice.

 

[danielpalos]

yet, cheap labor helps the rich get richer faster.

And jobs help the poor get wealthier faster.

depends on the jobs. low wage jobs have to be subsidized with tax money. that means, the rich are still getting a bailout simply to make a profit.

 

[danielpalos]

did they also estimate how effective the wall would be?

Only idiot progressives need to study a “technology” that has been around for thousands and thousands of years.

Walls work - just ask the Vatican. Walls work - just ask the Obama. Walls work - just ask China. Walls work - just ask Israel.

should i invest in flying squirrel suits?

 

[danielpalos]

we could end our drug war and make money; but that would require Capitalism, not socialism on a national basis.

And unfortunately, the ignorant left keeps blocking capitalism in favor of their idiotic national socialism.

lol. the socialism required to provide for the general welfare is enumerated in our Constitution.

the power to provide for the general warfare, is not.

 

[bripat9643]

We've all heard the snowflake lies about the cost of the wall and the cost of illegal immigration. Here's a more credible examination of the facts.

Trump's Wall Costs $21.6 Billion; Illegal Immigration Costs $148.3 Billion Per Year—Do The Math | National Economics Editorial​

President Donald Trump announced that he will fulfill his campaign promise to build a nearly 2,000 mile long wall (not a fence) along America’s southern border with Mexico.

The idea is that a physical barrier will act as a low-cost deterrent, and will help stem the flow of illegal immigrants entering America via Mexico—the hope is that once an illegal alien (particularly a criminal migrant) is deported, they won’t return.

The plan is simple and time-tested—China’s Great Wall did it’s job, so did Hadrian’s Wall in Roman Britain—and yet it’s come under fire from the mainstream media.

They claim that the wall will be prohibitively expensive, that illegal immigrants contribute to America’s economy (so there’s no reason to deport them), and that the wall won’t work.

They’re factually wrong on all accounts—let’s look at the numbers.

How Much Will Trump’s Wall Cost? $21.6 Billion.
The first question we must address is very straightforward: how much would it cost to build a wall along the Mexican border?

We don’t know for sure (construction costs rarely align with initial estimates), but we have a few good estimates.

Senate leader Mitch McConnell said Congress estimates the wall will cost $15 billion at most—he said it would likely fall within a range of $12 to $15 billion.

However, according to more recent information acquired by Reuters, the border wall will cost $21.6 billion, and will take roughly 3.5 years to build. This is according to a document from the Department of Homeland Security.

It’s probably our best current estimate, and this article will proceed under using this cost assumption.

On the high end (which can’t be totally discounted, given the nature of construction projects), the left-wing advocacy group cum “newspaper” the Huffington Post said the wall would cost roughly $40 billion. Their evidence is based on a study done by MIT (although their assumptions about the size and building materials may be why the projection is so high).

Either way, the cost of the wall pales in comparison to the cost of illegal immigrants in America.

. . . . . . . .​

How much GDP does the immigrant community create for our economy per year?

Not as much as they consume.

 

[otto105]

We've all heard the snowflake lies about the cost of the wall and the cost of illegal immigration. Here's a more credible examination of the facts.

Trump's Wall Costs $21.6 Billion; Illegal Immigration Costs $148.3 Billion Per Year—Do The Math | National Economics Editorial​

President Donald Trump announced that he will fulfill his campaign promise to build a nearly 2,000 mile long wall (not a fence) along America’s southern border with Mexico.

The idea is that a physical barrier will act as a low-cost deterrent, and will help stem the flow of illegal immigrants entering America via Mexico—the hope is that once an illegal alien (particularly a criminal migrant) is deported, they won’t return.

The plan is simple and time-tested—China’s Great Wall did it’s job, so did Hadrian’s Wall in Roman Britain—and yet it’s come under fire from the mainstream media.

They claim that the wall will be prohibitively expensive, that illegal immigrants contribute to America’s economy (so there’s no reason to deport them), and that the wall won’t work.

They’re factually wrong on all accounts—let’s look at the numbers.

How Much Will Trump’s Wall Cost? $21.6 Billion.
The first question we must address is very straightforward: how much would it cost to build a wall along the Mexican border?

We don’t know for sure (construction costs rarely align with initial estimates), but we have a few good estimates.

Senate leader Mitch McConnell said Congress estimates the wall will cost $15 billion at most—he said it would likely fall within a range of $12 to $15 billion.

However, according to more recent information acquired by Reuters, the border wall will cost $21.6 billion, and will take roughly 3.5 years to build. This is according to a document from the Department of Homeland Security.

It’s probably our best current estimate, and this article will proceed under using this cost assumption.

On the high end (which can’t be totally discounted, given the nature of construction projects), the left-wing advocacy group cum “newspaper” the Huffington Post said the wall would cost roughly $40 billion. Their evidence is based on a study done by MIT (although their assumptions about the size and building materials may be why the projection is so high).

Either way, the cost of the wall pales in comparison to the cost of illegal immigrants in America.

. . . . . . . .​

How much GDP does the immigrant community create for our economy per year?

Not as much as they consume.

So you either can't or won't answer the question.


I think that tips the answer...

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

And jobs help the poor get wealthier faster.

Not when the wages of those jobs stagnate and even decrease in real dollars, they don't.

 

[P@triot]

And jobs help the poor get wealthier faster.

Not when the wages of those jobs stagnate and even decrease in real dollars, they don't.

No...really...they do.

 

[P@triot]

And jobs help the poor get wealthier faster.

Not when the wages of those jobs stagnate and even decrease in real dollars, they don't.

Listening to lazy socialists try to make a case for why they shouldn’t have to hold a job and support themselves is comedy gold.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

And jobs help the poor get wealthier faster.

Not when the wages of those jobs stagnate and even decrease in real dollars, they don't.

No...really...they do.

oh, haha, I see what you are saying. 8 an hour is better than 5 an hour.

You're a pretty deep thinker.

 

[P@triot]

oh, haha, I see what you are saying. 8 an hour is better than 5 an hour.

$8 per hour is exponentially better than $0 per hour. And that’s without taking into consideration that $8 per hour becomes $10 per hour becomes $15 per hour as said employee gains raises and promotions.

All realities that you can’t bring your progressive brainwashed mind to accept.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

8 per hour is exponentially better than $0 per hour.

No, see, that is where you are wrong, really. It's not much better at all. This is a simple fact. People still qualify for and have to have government assistance, at 8 per hour. These people aren't much participating in the economy at all, and they can't if they tried. They have zero security. That 8/hr job? Good luck keeping it, when the car you can afford for $8/hr breaks down. Etc., Etc.

So no, it is not "exponentially better". And this is a simple economic concept that is not "liberal" in the least.

 

[P@triot]

8 per hour is exponentially better than $0 per hour.

No, see, that is where you are wrong, really. It's not much better at all. This is a simple fact. People still qualify for and have to have government assistance, at 8 per hour. These people aren't much participating in the economy at all, and they can't if they tried. They have zero security. That 8/hr job? Good luck keeping it, when the car you can afford for $8/hr breaks down. Etc., Etc.

So no, it is not "exponentially better". And this is a simple economic concept that is not "liberal" in the least.

Again, that $8 per hour job becomes a $10 per hour job, becomes a $15 per hour job over time due to raises and promotions. No matter how much you want to ignore economics and reality, you can’t.

And if their car breaks down, they can get another $8 per hour car. Or walk (as MANY people do - even for many miles). Or they can have a family member, friend, or neighbor drop them off.