JeepHammer
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I know five billion things that will end it.
No.
You know of $5.7 Billion ransom demand...
Outgoing Republican controlled Congress approved $1.5 billion for CBP to use for increased border protection, but Trump wants $5.7 Billion or nothing...
So he shut the government down...
The truth is, that's a one year-$5.7 billion demand, the end cost will be at the VERY LEAST $22 Billion because that's Halliburton's bid to get started and no one else was even considered.
500 to 600 feet of 1/2" thick steel, 40' long already used all over the world for dams, sea walls, and to hold up mountain sides all over the world costs roughly $1 million installed. 500' to 600' depending on price of steel.
Irving materials quoted this and the bid wasn't considered.
530' long retaining wall installed on Oak Island cost $1 million, and the materials had to be trucked into a very difficult place, Oak Island isn't exactly on the beaten path...
That's 20' underground, 20' above ground INSTALLED!
5,280 feet in a mile, at $1 million for 500 feet, that's $10.56 million a mile (before volume discount).
How much wall can you hammer in the ground in ONE YEAR, with $1.5 Billion?...
The logistics alone are mind boggling!
There is a reason I don't debate this with people, anyone that screams 'Build The Wall' has no idea what that will take, and you can't have a debate with someone that doesn't understand the scope or scale of the project.
Work wise, I was scheduled to testify in federal court starting Monday but the trial was stayed. Apparently while the judges and attorneys are still being paid there was a problem with funding for witnesses, etc. The DoJ is a funny animal.
I was in Dover, DE. yesterday, on the way back I listened to CSPAN and a couple other D.C. stations,
Apparently Federal Judges are getting paid, while district judges aren't, and no lawyers representing the US are getting paid (US being plaintiff or defendant).
It's been a record year for E-coli, salmonella, listeria, etc. and all the USDA inspectors are out (not that the seemed to catch much on the front end in 2018).
No oversight at all in food production...
I live in the middle of big agri-business area, and the Navy is complaining because there are no inspectors, military uses ONLY USDA inspected, and therefore no fresh meat...
The poultry producers are complaining the Navy isn't buying the poultry they have ready to hit the processor.
Local trucking is slowing because they move the meat the Navy consumes...
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For those that missed, or more likely ignored the posts above...
They BOTH work under Homeland, from two paychecks to none.
They are both prevented from having second jobs,
In an 'Emergency' both are working double, and sometimes triple shifts,
Depending on the rotation for paycheck issues, and both being under Homeland, the missed one paycheck because the shutdown hit just before their checks were issued, a second two weeks later, so they are on the way to missing a third, and that's BOTH of them.
He still works at the Coast Guard river port, while she is getting shuffled around to cover for people that 'Sick Out', and her travel expenses & time aren't paid no matter if the government decides to pay them or not.
It's a big hit when you have to drive from Evansville to Indianapolis to work because you are ORDERED to...
My military disability check is late, it's a good thing I don't depend on it exclusively!
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