Three billion dollars -- that's $3,000,000,000.00+ USD -- for a meager 64 miles of border wall According to the Texas Department of Transportation, the state's border with Mexico is 1,254 miles long www.texastribune.org/2025/06/17/t... - ThreadSky

gregdoucette.bsky.social • 14 hours ago

Three billion dollars -- that's $3,000,000,000.00+ USD -- for a meager 64 miles of border wall

According to the Texas Department of Transportation, the state's border with Mexico is 1,254 miles long

https://www.texastribune.org/2025/06/17/texas-border-wall-funding-ends-abbott-trump/

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mithras.bsky.social•14 hours ago

And that was probably some of the cheaper sections of the wall to build.

realslothsrus.bsky.social•12 hours ago

So, just under 47 million dollars per mile. What a bargain?

alexdrake.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Nice to see Texas is learning *why* we put our Southern Border along a Natural Boundary.

Namely: It's a bitch and a half to build anything along most of the border, and it's a pain to travel along it. That means that nobody *wants that specific dirt* enough to fight too hard over inches.

illinifan1280.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Wait, I thought Mexico was paying us back for all of this? Was I lied to?

bradstick.bsky.social•14 hours ago

So like 5 million for the wall and 2.995 billion to line the pockets of various groups that could grift off of this.

chelseanh.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Fees. So many fees.

bearpondboy.bsky.social•14 hours ago

But I was specifically told Mexico would pay for this wall.

ellisor.net•33 minutes ago

would’ve been cheaper if they’d used day laborers

wm.hdly.io•14 hours ago

They were so close. Soooo close.

zachanderson23.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Man if the Mexicans were any slower at paying the bills for this wall, we would have to call them Trump.

clarissaoakes.bsky.social•4 hours ago

myblueeyes.bsky.social•12 hours ago

T. Greg, it’s nice to see your name and read your content again. $3 bbbb..billion..??😂

wasabihead.bsky.social•13 hours ago

I thought we were promised that Mexico was going to pay for it

jwilsontcsc.bsky.social•14 hours ago

The "waste, fraud and abuse" the GOP has been screeching about for decades.

ventifact212.bsky.social•12 hours ago

And any idiot with a torch can cut through it like butter.

gft77.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Where did all that money go?

hodofyle.bsky.social•13 hours ago

I feel greater now than ever before. I mean GREAT. Again. 🙄

jarlent.bsky.social•14 hours ago

it's not even 64 contiguous miles lmao

mjfgates.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Let me guess... 12,000 thirty-foot "segments", which are actually the south-facing walls of a bunch of double-wides.

jarlent.bsky.social•14 hours ago

samandtootie.bsky.social•12 hours ago

It was never about a physical wall

bentwhee.bsky.social•13 hours ago

It’s all in short chunks, too.

lousywords.com•14 hours ago

gregdoucette.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Almost feel like I owe some respect to whatever companies manage to fleece taxpayers for $46.8M-per-mile

Incredible finessing skills

shorterexcerpts.bsky.social•13 hours ago

That’s at least 5-6 McKinsey strategy PowerPoints!

gregdoucette.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Probably

https://bsky.app/profile/bradstick.bsky.social/post/3lrw3pk53o22f

patmaher.bsky.social•13 hours ago

For another $7 billion, they could’ve bought the Lakers.

bethpink.bsky.social•12 hours ago

It's almost $9000 per foot.

solidaritygoth.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Kinda wish I would have thought to start a major construction contractor in Texas

thecleric.bsky.social•13 hours ago

That’s less than $1000 an inch Greg! What a deal!

tomkanemn.bsky.social•11 hours ago

If the wall is 30’ (360 inches) tall, we’re down to around $2-3 per square inch.

scribblegurl.bsky.social•59 minutes ago

Yes, but then stage production value really suffers.

purrypurrydog.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Probably related to the governor or Ken Paxton

allengarvin.bsky.social•8 hours ago

46 *MILLION* per mile? My god.

That's like half a suburban Texas high school football stadium!! Ok, maybe 1/3rd.

jurisdudence.bsky.social•14 hours ago

It’s like those fake grass walls with the neon signs trendy restaurants and bars have for people to take their insta story pics in front of.

fitforpurpose.bsky.social•12 hours ago

I am utterly unsurprised by this.

skiskamp.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Texas should be forced to carry it to term. 😡

joekatz45.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Government efficiency!

renderjudgment.bsky.social•13 hours ago

DOGE is coming to bulldoze the wall that has been built and claim its value as savings.

pfuffenstuff.bsky.social•13 hours ago

I’m sure Abbott’s donors who got the contracts are grateful for the extra cash.

mherringe.bsky.social•14 hours ago

64 miles of non-continuous barrier that anyone could walk around, in areas away from where people cross.

shinylion.bsky.social•12 hours ago

For a bit of silly context… I’m a rideshare driver in Texas and I just did a ride that was longer than the wall.

gumbercules23.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Fencing in a square 1 acre lot would cost $7.4M at that rate.

ace2448.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Dumbass

1956bentley.bsky.social•14 hours ago

But Greggy Promised!!

emmersongrant.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Maintaining the Berlín Wall helped bankrupt the Soviets, and it was only 96 miles long.

1956bentley.bsky.social•14 hours ago

And about 6 inches thick!

drgeophysics.bsky.social•53 minutes ago

Highly profitable scam for those in the inside. The usual players too eh?

joeinaustralia.bsky.social•12 hours ago

A quick bit of mental calculation tells me you could build that wall out of Cybertucks placed side by side for about the same price. Someone should tell Musk.