# How about charging a toll at the border to pay for a fence? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 5, 2019, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-charging-a-toll-at-the-border-to-pay-for-a-fence/827262 "2019-01-05T20:35:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 80
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-charging-a-toll-at-the-border-to-pay-for-a-fence/827262/80 "2019-01-09T16:45:34Z")
> [@Ancient\_Erudite](#): > > Did Trump say a 2,000-mile wall is needed? Source, please. It’s less than that. There is no need for a fence/wall in the mountain areas, and I think the President himself said we have a lot of natural barriers. > > At any rate, we see a group of people where were for it, reversing course. Obama, who was for the 2006 fence project had estimate 800 billion dollar stimulus package, with shovel ready projects that never happened, but Congress can’t give Trump 5.6 billion to for border security when the need is clear? Here ya go. > [@The five billion dollar wall](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-five-billion-dollar-wall/826495/149): > > [GOP platform.](https://prod-cdn-static.gop.com/static/home/data/platform.pdf) (PDF) > pg 33 > > > [@](#): > > > > That is why we support building a wall along > > our southern border and protecting all ports of > > entry. The border wall must cover the entirety > > of the southern border and must be sufficient to > > stop both vehicular and pedestrian traffic. > > Along with numerous rantings at rallies. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-charging-a-toll-at-the-border-to-pay-for-a-fence/827262)._