Mainecat Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Hey Jt how is this getting paid for? Records show Trump's border wall is costing taxpayers billions more than initial contracts Source: Texas Tribune On the same day in May 2019, the Army Corps of Engineers awarded a pair of contracts worth $788 million to replace 83 miles of fence along the southwest border. The projects were slated to be completed in January 2020, the Corps said then. Four months into this year, however, the government increased the value of the contracts by more than $1 billion, without the benefit of competitive bidding designed to keep costs low to taxpayers. Within a year of the initial award, the value of the two contracts had more than tripled, to over $3 billion, even though the length of the fence the companies were building had only grown by 62%, to 135 miles. The money is coming from military counter-narcotics funding. Those contract spikes were dramatic, but not isolated. A ProPublica/Texas Tribune review of federal spending data shows more than 200 contract modifications, at times awarded within just weeks or months after the original contracts, have increased the cost of the border wall project by billions of dollars since late 2017. This is particularly true this year, in the run-up to next week’s election. The cost of supplemental agreements and change orders alone — at least $2.9 billion — represents about a quarter of all the money awarded and more than what Congress originally appropriated for wall construction in each of the last three years. -snip- Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2020/10/27/border-wall-texas-cost-rising-trump/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XCR1250 Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Look at all the folks working and paying taxes, kewl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Sweet! Just like everything else! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legend Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Thats alot of taxpayer $$$. But thats also providing $$$ to american workers. Is it saving $$$ on illegals using taxpayer funded programs, welfare, healthcare, etc? How much is it saving? All things to ponder. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legend Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 One more thing, Is the $$$ we are saving/getting back from Mexico enough to pay for the wall? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XCR1250 Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 (edited) 19 minutes ago, Legend said: Thats alot of taxpayer $$$. But thats also providing $$$ to american workers. Is it saving $$$ on illegals using taxpayer funded programs, welfare, healthcare, etc? How much is it saving? All things to ponder. Yup, it will save the taxpayer billions. Edited October 27, 2020 by XCR1250 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtssrx Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 10 minutes ago, Mainecat said: Hey Jt how is this getting paid for? Records show Trump's border wall is costing taxpayers billions more than initial contracts Source: Texas Tribune On the same day in May 2019, the Army Corps of Engineers awarded a pair of contracts worth $788 million to replace 83 miles of fence along the southwest border. The projects were slated to be completed in January 2020, the Corps said then. Four months into this year, however, the government increased the value of the contracts by more than $1 billion, without the benefit of competitive bidding designed to keep costs low to taxpayers. Within a year of the initial award, the value of the two contracts had more than tripled, to over $3 billion, even though the length of the fence the companies were building had only grown by 62%, to 135 miles. The money is coming from military counter-narcotics funding. Those contract spikes were dramatic, but not isolated. A ProPublica/Texas Tribune review of federal spending data shows more than 200 contract modifications, at times awarded within just weeks or months after the original contracts, have increased the cost of the border wall project by billions of dollars since late 2017. This is particularly true this year, in the run-up to next week’s election. The cost of supplemental agreements and change orders alone — at least $2.9 billion — represents about a quarter of all the money awarded and more than what Congress originally appropriated for wall construction in each of the last three years. -snip- Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2020/10/27/border-wall-texas-cost-rising-trump/ I don't care what it costs as it will never be more than the money we layout because of illegal immigration. Not to mention the crime and disease that comes through the southern border. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted October 27, 2020 Author Share Posted October 27, 2020 5 minutes ago, jtssrx said: I don't care what it costs as it will never be more than the money we layout because of illegal immigration. Not to mention the crime and disease that comes through the southern border. So taxes will go up right? Maybe Mexico will pay some of it cause it keeps Covid infected Americans out right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ez ryder Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 12 minutes ago, Mainecat said: So taxes will go up right? Maybe Mexico will pay some of it cause it keeps Covid infected Americans out right? Only if your hero Joe wins . The money is not extra money it is coming out of a military spending line item and really the program it is coming out of is 100% appropriate that it is going to build a wall . We know your blind rage and bias cant see that but it is a reality Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtssrx Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 11 minutes ago, Mainecat said: So taxes will go up right? Maybe Mexico will pay some of it cause it keeps Covid infected Americans out right? Why do taxes need to go up?? When illegal immigration is stopped we won't have to spend money on the problem. See the wall is one-time spend, plus some cash for some maintenance. Illegals pouring in daily is a every day expense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted October 27, 2020 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted October 27, 2020 Perfect symbol for Trumps Presidency...🤣🤣 https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.foxnews.com/politics/trumps-border-wall-collapse-report.amp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtssrx Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Just now, Jimmy Snacks said: Perfect symbol for Trumps Presidency...🤣🤣 https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.foxnews.com/politics/trumps-border-wall-collapse-report.amp That story is from two months ago what took you so long. Also did you read the story. The claim that it will collapse is made by people trying to stop it's construction completely. Fisher agreed to have the reports conducted as part of lawsuits filed last year by the National Butterfly Center and the International Boundary and Water Commission. The organizations have been unsuccessful at stopping the construction the border wall along the Rio Grande, but want to know what the potential impacts the barrier will have on the river. Mark Tompkins, an environmental engineer hired by the wildlife refuge, said that he has witnessed scouring and erosion following heavy rains, and added that severe flooding could cause the fencing to fail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Shifty Posted October 27, 2020 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted October 27, 2020 Is this it!?! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold War Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Taking away from money we could use to bomb brown people. Fucker! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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