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nixstyx t1_jbqzk8x wrote

Reply to comment by RickyDaytonaJr in NH governor budgets close to $1.5M in funding for northern border safety by sdlover420

It amounts to about $25,862 per border mile. Or $4.89 per foot.

Honestly, a wall would be cheaper.

EDIT: OK, I had to take this one step further, because who wants a wall?

So instead you could hire people at NH minimum wage ($7.25) to each patrol a 2.5 mile section of border and get entire border coverage 24/7/365. No benefits though, cause live free or die poor.

Hell, sign me up. I already walk around in the middle of nowhere for free.

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gmcgath t1_jbto0tc wrote

You've forgotten that under a rule invented by the courts, everything within a hundred miles of an international border or the seacoast is a "border zone." The entire state is in the border zone.

The CBP has used this to set up checkpoints all over the White Mountains and harass people. That's what Sununu is helping to fund, not just patrols in Pittsburg.

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