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Such horseshit! Just ask yourself; who will benefit?
https://politicalwire.com/2020/02/18/trump-waives-contracting-laws-for-border-wall/
Trump Waives Contracting Laws for Border Wall
February 18, 2020 at 8:09 am EST By Taegan Goddard
The Department of Homeland Security said waiving procurement regulations will allow 177 miles (283 kilometers) of wall to be built more quickly in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. The 10 waived laws include requirements for having open competition, justifying selections and receiving all bonding from a contractor before any work can begin.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)chia
(2,244 posts)They're not even the slightest bit subtle about it either - but then they don't need to be. They're basically just doing whatever they want 24/7 because Trump found out that if he just went ahead and did something, no one stopped him.
LiberalArkie
(15,728 posts)joost5
(421 posts)backtoblue
(11,345 posts)President bullshit with his bullshit wall and bullshit lawlessness.
robbedvoter
(28,290 posts)🍊 is racist, but greed is his first instinct.
GoCubsGo
(32,086 posts)Captain Zero
(6,823 posts)Buying brand new condos at Trump properies at vastly inflated prices.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,400 posts)spanone
(135,861 posts)lock the mofo up
CaptainTruth
(6,600 posts)...it showed the contractor hadn't properly braced the wall, which means it probably wasn't inspected by a building inspector. An inspection is required before concrete is poured & no legitimate inspector would have allowed it to go forward with such inadequate bracing on the wall.
So, it looks like once again Trump is fine with half-assed construction methods & no inspections, just like all his other projects. Everything he does is substandard & half-assed.
I just hope the contractors get paid this time, although I suspect that because we taxpayers are paying the bill, & not Trump, they will get what they're owed without filing liens.
IronLionZion
(45,514 posts)dalton99a
(81,568 posts)skypilot
(8,854 posts)...it wouldn't surprise me in the least if we eventually discovered that undocumented workers were actually being hired to help build this damned wall.
dailytroubadour
(41 posts)more corruption!
Grifters gotta grift.
rurallib
(62,444 posts)when the first ladder hits it.
blakstoneranger
(333 posts)Will they use eminent domain to take private lands. They seem to be hell bent on meeting his campaign promise. LISTEN THIS CAMPAIGN PROMISE HAS ALREADY BEEN BROKEN. EVEN IF HE BUILDS THIS WALL. WHAT HE'LL DO IS LIE AND SPIN AND PRETEND ALL HIS PROMISES OF MEXICO PAYING NEVER REALLY EXISTED.
Lonestarblue
(10,053 posts)Many landowners are fighting eminent domain, but Trump told Kushner when he out him in charge to ignore the legal issues and just go ahead without the owners consent. Imagine the outrage of Trump supporters if someone decided to build a highway through the middle of their property and just bulldozed their house down one day while their lawsuit to prevent such destruction was still in the courts.
Im so tired of this attitude that the law doesnt matter so long as we get what we want.
Toorich
(391 posts)..... the tangerine turd can continue to say he built a "big bad wolf" proof
wall that can't be blown down.
The turdettes can continue to believe him; he can cut a federal check to his cronies
for shoddy work that they haven't done; and the rest of normal America can go back to watching
The Bachelor.
And as those crafty folks down there South of the Border proved this week, the solution to a 40 foot wall is....
A 41 foot portable ladder made of rebar.