January 20th 2025 - Donald Trump is BACK!

[Man_in_the_Middle]

This breaks Trump promise of private funding. That's point. He broke promise.

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*By the way, on financing public infrastructure usual method is to lie on costs to get project approved and....uppss..we run out of money. Since unfinished project is bad, therefore pay more. Check California railroads for best example.

You highlight a truth that many do not know. It is often a political gambit to estimate costs low to begin with and then ask for more once the project is underway.

Then again..... Why would people be more angry with Trump for doing this if this is the normal way of doing things....

As an example... perhaps not the best one but still...

Estimated Cost vs. Reality - Obamacare

• Initial Estimate (2010): The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) originally projected the 10-year cost of the ACA (2010–2019) to be approximately $940 billion.
• Updated Estimates (2012–2018): By 2012, the CBO updated the 10-year projection (2012-2022) to $1.8 trillion. By 2018, when fully implemented, costs were closer to $2.5 trillion.

Estimated Cost vs. Reality - USA Interstate system.
The original 1950s estimate for the Interstate Highway System was roughly $25 billion for 41,000 miles, but the reality was a $114 billion price tag (approx. $660 billion in 2026 dollars) and a 35-year construction span, representing one of the largest cost overruns in US history. The project was plagued by severe underestimations of inflation, urban land costs, and safety standards


The list goes on and on...

 

[steve]

This breaks Trump promise of private funding. That's point. He broke promise.

C'mon, adequate security should be included from start, not found wanting. Before start of any works, there were already attempts on his life, tso security shouldn't be forgotten.

So now adequate design will cost 1.4 billion instead of 0.4 so designers have totally missed costs.*

So this shows that Congress isn't able to create bill without pork inside. Project only requires bill to avoid court order. Therefore Congress only needs to create bill authorizing changes already included in original plan.

Besides, this also shows cultural issue in US public finances: total disregard to bang for buck. No way thinking "resources arr limited, how we can achieve best results for invested money" is used. If this was used around additional 0.1/0.2 would be (more that enough) which could be provided by private means.

For additional examples starts with military.

No wonder US is in soo much debt.

*By the way, on financing public infrastructure usual method is to lie on costs to get project approved and....uppss..we run out of money. Since unfinished project is bad, therefore pay more. Check California railroads for best example.

The only discussion of other-than-private funding that I have seen involves denying Trump the right to build it because congress is not in control. If he bailed on the funding, show me the facts and stop pretending.
Also, you have no right to decide what should be funded privately. Putting up the building is separate from funding security.

Being judged by someone from a pipsqueak country that can’t protect itself is really annoying.
Fix your own problems.

 

[Man_in_the_Middle]

The only discussion of other-than-private funding that I have seen involves denying Trump the right to build it because congress is not in control. If he bailed on the funding, show me the facts and stop pretending.
Also, you have no right to decide what should be funded privately. Putting up the building is separate from funding security.

Being judged by someone from a pipsqueak country that can’t protect itself is really annoying.
Fix your own problems.

Merica!! I love your patriotism!!