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

[Siete]

That would be a good idea except we have 30 million workers who need government assistance. There are not 30 million “extra” jobs waiting to be filled

There are labor shortages all over the country that is hurting the economy, raising prices and stopping companies from expanding, thus, hurting more job creation

Labor "shortages" mean higher wages for Americans. I understand why your corporate masters don't want to pay higher wages, but why do you imagine I would object?

You would think so
Somehow, companies are managing to avoid raising wages

They avoid it by hiring illegals, moron.

I just GOTTA ask for a link on this one

Show the number of corporations hiring illegals

bipat should have got a better education so he wouldnt be forced to compete with illegal aliens for lettuce picking jobs ..

 

[rightwinger]

There are labor shortages all over the country that is hurting the economy, raising prices and stopping companies from expanding, thus, hurting more job creation

Labor "shortages" mean higher wages for Americans. I understand why your corporate masters don't want to pay higher wages, but why do you imagine I would object?

You would think so
Somehow, companies are managing to avoid raising wages

They avoid it by hiring illegals, moron.

I just GOTTA ask for a link on this one

Show the number of corporations hiring illegals

bipat should have got a better education so he wouldnt be forced to compete with illegal aliens for lettuce picking jobs ..

He couldn’t compete with illegals

They actually work

 

[danielpalos]

the wall is not that expensive. we can afford it! in fact, we can't not afford it!

Great Walls of America Tax Rates! We can afford it.

 

[danielpalos]

Seattle is beating the national average regarding unemployment even with a fifteen dollar an hour minimum wage.

While their minimum wage workers are bringing home less than their minimum wage counterparts in other nations. Nothing makes the poor poorer like failed left-wing policy.

a flawed study? the minimum wage is the minimum wage and Seattle is beating the national average; why can't Labor get several minimum wage jobs at fifteen an hour, to make up for it?

That would be a good idea except we have 30 million workers who need government assistance. There are not 30 million “extra” jobs waiting to be filled

A fifteen dollar an hour minimum wage nation wide should be analogous to Seattle.

And should help with this problem in a fine, capital manner:

U.S. has record 6 million job openings, even as 6.8 million Americans are looking for jobs

 

[danielpalos]

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.

. . . . . . . .​

Gosh, low unemployment and those coal miners still can't find jobs? Might as well bring in people that actually want to work. Immigrants help grow the economy. That stupid wall will only hold back growth.

Social services in the US cost around fourteen dollars an hour, anyway. A fifteen dollar an hour minimum provides market based incentive and an upward pressure on wages.

 

[danielpalos]

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.

. . . . . . . .​

Gosh, low unemployment and those coal miners still can't find jobs? Might as well bring in people that actually want to work. Immigrants help grow the economy. That stupid wall will only hold back growth.

When "immigrants" come in, the only grow the economy big enough to provide what they consume. In fact, they don't even grow it as much as that. Most of them suck off the taxpayers. Holding them back is the whole point of the wall.

That is why the left has a solution, a fifteen dollar an hour minimum wage, Because social services cost around fourteen dollars an hour, anyway.

 

[danielpalos]

When "immigrants" come in, the only grow the economy big enough to provide what they consume. In fact, they don't even grow it as much as that. Most of them suck off the taxpayers. Holding them back is the whole point of the wall.

If that's the complaint, why not just turn off the spigot?

The courts have ruled that we can't turn it off for illegals.

Natural rights, what a concept, right, right wingers.

almost make one wonder why we have Any gang problems, at all.

 

[rightwinger]

Seattle is beating the national average regarding unemployment even with a fifteen dollar an hour minimum wage.

While their minimum wage workers are bringing home less than their minimum wage counterparts in other nations. Nothing makes the poor poorer like failed left-wing policy.

a flawed study? the minimum wage is the minimum wage and Seattle is beating the national average; why can't Labor get several minimum wage jobs at fifteen an hour, to make up for it?

That would be a good idea except we have 30 million workers who need government assistance. There are not 30 million “extra” jobs waiting to be filled

A fifteen dollar an hour minimum wage nation wide should be analogous to Seattle.

And should help with this problem in a fine, capital manner:

U.S. has record 6 million job openings, even as 6.8 million Americans are looking for jobs

You have only six million total job openings nationwide
Hardly enough for minimum wage workers to get second or third jobs

 

[danielpalos]

Seattle is beating the national average regarding unemployment even with a fifteen dollar an hour minimum wage.

While their minimum wage workers are bringing home less than their minimum wage counterparts in other nations. Nothing makes the poor poorer like failed left-wing policy.

a flawed study? the minimum wage is the minimum wage and Seattle is beating the national average; why can't Labor get several minimum wage jobs at fifteen an hour, to make up for it?

That would be a good idea except we have 30 million workers who need government assistance. There are not 30 million “extra” jobs waiting to be filled

A fifteen dollar an hour minimum wage nation wide should be analogous to Seattle.

And should help with this problem in a fine, capital manner:

U.S. has record 6 million job openings, even as 6.8 million Americans are looking for jobs

You have only six million total job openings nationwide
Hardly enough for minimum wage workers to get second or third jobs

Increasing the minimum wage must be creating demand in Seattle; let's do a followup study in Seattle.

Why do they have such low unemployment in a City.

 

[bripat9643]

There are labor shortages all over the country that is hurting the economy, raising prices and stopping companies from expanding, thus, hurting more job creation

Labor "shortages" mean higher wages for Americans. I understand why your corporate masters don't want to pay higher wages, but why do you imagine I would object?

You would think so
Somehow, companies are managing to avoid raising wages

They avoid it by hiring illegals, moron.

I just GOTTA ask for a link on this one

Show the number of corporations hiring illegals

bipat should have got a better education so he wouldnt be forced to compete with illegal aliens for lettuce picking jobs ..

I compete with software coolies from India. They have taken most of the good paying tech jobs in this country. illegals compete for blue collar jobs like construction and truck driving.

 

[P@triot]

Somehow, companies are managing to avoid raising wages

How do you figure? Wages are up under President Trump.

 

[P@triot]

a flawed study?

Once again we see the left simply unable to accept reality.

There is nothing “flawed”. The homeless situation in Seattle is a reality - that’s why the city was introducing more taxes. They openly admitted it was to “address homelessness”.

 

[LA RAM FAN]

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.

. . . . . . . .​

so much for the people who keep saying the wall is such a bad idea.LOL

 

[danielpalos]

a flawed study?

Once again we see the left simply unable to accept reality.

There is nothing “flawed”. The homeless situation in Seattle is a reality - that’s why the city was introducing more taxes. They openly admitted it was to “address homelessness”.

The reality is, right wing fixations don't seem to be applying; why is unemployment so low in the City, with a fifteen dollar an hour minimum wage.

 

[danielpalos]

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.

. . . . . . . .​

so much for the people who keep saying the wall is such a bad idea.LOL

lol. right wingers prefer their socialism on a national basis at every opportunity.

we could be solving our illegal problem on a permanent basis via applied Capitalism; coincidence or conspiracy, the right wing eschews Capitalism for their socialism on a national basis, at Every opportunity.

 

[rightwinger]

Somehow, companies are managing to avoid raising wages

How do you figure? Wages are up under President Trump.

Burger flipping jobs

 

[P@triot]

The reality is, right wing fixations don't seem to be applying; why is unemployment so low in the City, with a fifteen dollar an hour minimum wage.

This has been explained to you already. The people in Seattle are becoming more homeless than before the increase because their employers have cut hours to offset the new costs.

That’s why homelessness has INCREASED in Seattle despite the increase in minimum wage. That’s what left-wing policy does - it makes the poor poorer and creates nothing but failure.

 

[P@triot]

Burger flipping jobs

We’re not discussing your “career”. Nobody asked about you. Back to the facts - wages are up under President Trump and the Republicans. Unemployment is down.

 

[danielpalos]

The reality is, right wing fixations don't seem to be applying; why is unemployment so low in the City, with a fifteen dollar an hour minimum wage.

This has been explained to you already. The people in Seattle are bringing home LESS than before the increase because their employers have cut hours to offset the new costs.

That’s why homelessness has INCREASED in Seattle despite the increase in minimum wage. That’s what left-wing policy does - it makes the poor poorer and creates nothing but failure.

A flawed study? Why is the unemployment rate so low, with so many employers, cutting back.

 

[P@triot]

The reality is, right wing fixations don't seem to be applying; why is unemployment so low in the City, with a fifteen dollar an hour minimum wage.

This has been explained to you already. The people in Seattle are bringing home LESS than before the increase because their employers have cut hours to offset the new costs.

That’s why homelessness has INCREASED in Seattle despite the increase in minimum wage. That’s what left-wing policy does - it makes the poor poorer and creates nothing but failure.

A flawed study? Why is the unemployment rate so low, with so many employers, cutting back.

They aren’t cutting jobs. Nobody said that. They are cutting hours.

A flawed ability to think, Daniel?