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> The wall is a technical impossibility that everyone can recognize

Right, and it won't get funded. And in 2020 when the same poor people are still poor, he'll claim it's not his fault, it's because he didn't get to build the wall.



Doesn't the USA have the most prisoners/criminals in the world? They could force them to build and guard the wall instead of the death penalty/prison time. Lets call them the Nights Watch.


It's a good joke, but to take it seriously: Prison labor actually costs significantly more (like 4-5x!) than just hiring folks in the free market.


Does it cost any more than simply housing them behind bars?


I'm guessing that it requires a ton more expensive staff to secure prisoners that are not constrained by cheap walls, barbed wire, bars, and watch towers.


Sigh, around and around we go.




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