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Cost of US-Mexican Wall construction

Cost of US-Mexican Wall construction
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What will be the total cost of construction of The US-Mexican Wall?

Decision Logic

Options:
1) 0 (The wall is not built)
2) Up to and including 10 billion dollars
3) Between 10 and 20 billion dollars
4) 20 billion dollars or more

"The wall is not built" if no formal decision can be reached by the deadline of this bet.

Source for verification: Official estimated project costs by the US government by the end of the deadline of this bet.

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9:13AM, Jan 7, 2017 UTC

8:00AM, Dec 1, 2017 UTC

8:00AM, Dec 31, 2017 UTC

CANCELLED

This bet has been cancelled!

Reason: As requested

0 - The Wall is not built
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Up to 10 billion USD
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0
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Between 10 and 20 billion USD
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0
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More than 20 billion USD
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0
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Axelzzz 10:00AM, Jan 19, 2017 UTC
That would be great. Thank you.
Avalon 9:03PM, Jan 17, 2017 UTC
We can cancel this one and you can recreate the prop if you'd like with what you wrote below.
Axelzzz 7:59AM, Jan 14, 2017 UTC
... So to solve that I think the best way is to remove the option whether they build the wall or not, and let the bet simply be about the official projected costs at the first official presentation of the plan by the US government.
Axelzzz 7:57AM, Jan 14, 2017 UTC
Although for that last comment, I foresee another issue where they present the plan and the costs but then get in limbo for some time while trying to get funding approved, and during that time basically 2 out of the 3 price options will be irrelevant and it'll be between Not Built and one of the price options, thus making it illogical to place and earlier bet and simply wait until that it known. ... See followup in next comment.
Axelzzz 7:45AM, Jan 14, 2017 UTC
And for the case that they present the plan and costs of construction but don't get funding approved and don't get to start building the wall yet by the end of the deadline of the bet, this qualifies under 'The Wall is not built'.
Axelzzz 7:39AM, Jan 14, 2017 UTC
So I think a better way to phrase the decision logic is that the bet ends when the official project's plan and costs are announced by the government, and not what the costs of the project are at the end of the deadline of this bet.
Axelzzz 7:36AM, Jan 14, 2017 UTC
The issue is that once the plan has been presented and they start building the wall, they probably won't make any adjustments in the official project costs before the end of the deadline of this bet. So let's say they announce the project and the costs of it halfway into the year, the outcome of the bet is unlikely to change from that point out because any adjustments, like it turning out to be more expensive than anticipated, won't be announced for at least like a year after.
Avalon 3:08PM, Jan 13, 2017 UTC
We read your determination change request... so the issue is that you probably won't know the real cost even once building starts. It may be years before you know the real cost. Also, the cost will be subjective and depend heavily on the source used.. not sure this prop will come to fruition unfortunately..

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