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If U.S. taxpayers front the Trump administration's border wall, the average household could owe $120.
The U.S.-Mexico border barrier that President Donald Trump pushed forward with this week could cost a projected $15 billion, according to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. That bill would come out to $120 per household, based on the latest Census date of U.S. households, according to the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.
Trump has repeatedly insisted that Mexico will pay for the project, over the assertions of Mexico's president that America's southern neighbor will not fund the wall. Without an alternative funding method, the bill could fall on taxpayers.
The White House on Thursday floated a 20 percent border tax as a possible method to pay for the wall. Still, that could also pass costs along to consumers, as some goods would become more expensive.
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Stuart G
(38,428 posts)like peanuts, almonds, cashews, and pumpkin seeds, (often thought of as nuts)..and all other nuts in the world to be compared with Drumpf
Rollo
(2,559 posts)nt
Charles Bukowski
(1,132 posts)The flimsy ass fence we have now cost between $3-4 million per mile. A concrete wall will cost a hell of a lot more.
marlakay
(11,470 posts)Thinking he is just playing to his base he won't build a wall or really do anything bad.
I actually heard that during the election.