Bush seems synonymous not only with control but also with waste.
The Bush regime authorized a costly fence along the Mexican border - and seized land from residents on the U.S. side to build it. Despite Bush's attempt to appeal to chest-pounding patriotism, it turned out that most of the piping used to build the fence was made in China.
This fence's construction has been spotty and rocked by scandal. While small homeowners have lost their homes to build it, construction generally avoids taking land belonging to powerful landowners with connections to Republican officials.
So far, this boondoggle has cost $2,400,000,000. Now the Government Accountability Office says it will cost another $6,500,000,000 to maintain it over the next 20 years.
Then the fence will arrive at the end of its brief life.
That comes out to $8,900,000,000 for a fence that's not even American-made, is ineffective, and won't even last 25 years.
And people thought I was bad for spending $40 on 'The Almanac Of American Politics'?
The Obama administration ought to cancel what remains of the border fence - and return property that was seized from local residents.
(Source: http://www.kypost.com/news/national/story/Border-fence-to-cost-6-5B-over-20-years/gB2Nk85o0ESFHsDJ8FxA0Q.cspx)
Friday, September 18, 2009
Bush border fence still costing billions
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Let's see if you can do simple math.
ReplyDelete6.5 billion is what percent of 55 trillion?
I'll answer for you. 1.2%
Do you know what the 55 trillion figure represents?
That one I will leave up to you to figure out.
55 trillion is the number of people laughing at you, "John".
ReplyDeleteAs expected, you fail.
ReplyDeleteCare to take a sincere stab at the correct answer?
You can't help being so clueless. You're addicted to being outraged by really stupid & insignificant things.
ReplyDelete$55 trillion is the number of U.S. dollars needed to fund Medicare's and to a lesser extent Social Security's future debt liabilities.
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d07342t.pdf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6Q14HOBThM
Liberal Baby Boomers are loving hanging the cost burden of health care on the backs of future generations.
I'm sure they're going to love having to work to pay for the health care of those who came before them. /sarcasm
It is noteworthy that day after day you post about nonsense like Chuck Norris, and the insignificant cost of securing the borders - a Constitutionally designated responsibility of congress - and not one peep about the economic devastation Medicare and Social Security are going to cause to the nation.