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armwulf (09/10/2015) [-] The wall idea- not gonnah fly
The type of wall he wants takes heavy equipment and a massive budget
About 20 million per mile.
Multiply that by the 2000 miles of border-
40,000,000,000 (Billion) dollars for a wall
Now, this will severely reduce BORDER CROSSINGS
Except.... about half of illegals simply overstay a Visa. They arrived legally, and stayed illegally.
Now, add that many border crossings are done via SMUGGLING- about 1/3 of illegal crossings are smugglings, not crossing an unguarded area.
So this 40 billion dollar wall, at MOST will stop 2/3
Do the math- that's 1/3 of illegal immigration. A gigantic wall will stop 1/3 of illegal immigrants, until they start using new methods. Crossing by water, tunneling, better smuggling- they will adapt, and that "1/3" number will only go down, FAST.
So, the cost of the wall is unreasonable
The attempt to get mexico to pay is completely unreasonable
The EFFECTIVENESS ITSELF of the wall is completely unreasonable
It's ******* useless.
Tl;Dr, do the math and the wall will stop less than 1/3 of illegals for 40 billion dollars just to build, not to mention maintaining and how people will find new ways across to lower the effectiveness more.
The type of wall he wants takes heavy equipment and a massive budget
About 20 million per mile.
Multiply that by the 2000 miles of border-
40,000,000,000 (Billion) dollars for a wall
Now, this will severely reduce BORDER CROSSINGS
Except.... about half of illegals simply overstay a Visa. They arrived legally, and stayed illegally.
Now, add that many border crossings are done via SMUGGLING- about 1/3 of illegal crossings are smugglings, not crossing an unguarded area.
So this 40 billion dollar wall, at MOST will stop 2/3
Do the math- that's 1/3 of illegal immigration. A gigantic wall will stop 1/3 of illegal immigrants, until they start using new methods. Crossing by water, tunneling, better smuggling- they will adapt, and that "1/3" number will only go down, FAST.
So, the cost of the wall is unreasonable
The attempt to get mexico to pay is completely unreasonable
The EFFECTIVENESS ITSELF of the wall is completely unreasonable
It's ******* useless.
Tl;Dr, do the math and the wall will stop less than 1/3 of illegals for 40 billion dollars just to build, not to mention maintaining and how people will find new ways across to lower the effectiveness more.
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drachma (09/10/2015) [-] When a country can rake up multiple trillion dollars (13-15 now? can't remember) in debt with an imbalanced budget, I think someone can find a way to spend 0.04 Trillion on a wall.
That number only seems large because it's a lot to a single person looking at it.
Just trying to give a neutral math opinion on this matter, really have no idea just how much of an impact a plan with Trump will have on illegal immigration, but that cost is a drop in the bucket for a country like the US.
That number only seems large because it's a lot to a single person looking at it.
Just trying to give a neutral math opinion on this matter, really have no idea just how much of an impact a plan with Trump will have on illegal immigration, but that cost is a drop in the bucket for a country like the US.
