@realannapaulina The cameras are a good tool to have but need to have safeguards in place to prevent misuse. ALPR cameras have been in place at tolls and other places for a long time and no one seemed to care. The Supreme Court will eventually hear a case involving these cameras.
@MutiJosefa@MeghanMcCain $400M is a lot to you and me but in the grand scheme of things the government has spent way more money on much smaller projects in the past. We also canβt assume this is just for a building. Ther is probably a lot of security and tech that eats up a big portion of that bill.
@MutiJosefa@MeghanMcCain White House Infrastructure Renovation: A four-year project to upgrade aging White House infrastructure (cables, water pipes, and HVAC systems) cost approximately $376 million.
@MutiJosefa@MeghanMcCain Further more for context:
Virtual" Border Fence: After spending $1.1 billion on a high-tech "virtual fence" along the U.S.-Mexico border that only covered 53 miles in Arizona, the administration canceled the project in 2011 due to technical failures.