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I love Herman Cain's new idea on stopping illegal border crossings.
I want us to construct an electric fence on the southern border powered by wind turbines and solar panels.
I would only support it if there was a mandate that it never be turned off, is kept fully functional, incinerates instantly, and can prove itself through initial trials that anything trying to cross it is handled immediately!
I'd even go a step further and mine the border. Lots of signs in various languages and publicize the HELL out of it so people will truly be 100% responsible for their own butts if they choose to cross.
Whoopssssssssss there it is. At last someone has a somewhat decent ideal, at least an idea to give thought to. Something to consider, we have got to get someone in office, who cares about this damn illegal problem that we face. Obama does not give a sh-- about this problem. We need someone tough on this issue. Not a bad idea, but i am sure out of the woodwork we will here, what a bad idea it is.
I'd even go a step further and mine the border. Lots of signs in various languages and publicize the HELL out of it so people will truly be 100% responsible for their own butts if they choose to cross.
Like your idea, but Obama ain't that Man for this, he could care less about this problem, needs the hispanic vote, so obvious is it not. If we never get someone in office, who cares about this illegal problem, it will only get worse, it will get out of control, if we do not get control of it now. Here and now, we have already let it esclate to out of control and out of reach sort of. We need someone tough on this illegal stance, Obama ain't this man.
I love Herman Cain's new idea on stopping illegal border crossings.
I want us to construct an electric fence on the southern border powered by wind turbines and solar panels.
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Originally Posted by jbiggs
I would only support it if there was a mandate that it never be turned off, is kept fully functional, incinerates instantly, and can prove itself through initial trials that anything trying to cross it is handled immediately!
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Originally Posted by california-jewel
Whoopssssssssss there it is. At last someone has a somewhat decent ideal, at least an idea to give thought to. Something to consider, we have got to get someone in office, who cares about this damn illegal problem that we face. Obama does not give a sh-- about this problem. We need someone tough on this issue. Not a bad idea, but i am sure out of the woodwork we will here, what a bad idea it is.
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Originally Posted by california-jewel
Like your idea, but Obama ain't that Man for this, he could care less about this problem, needs the hispanic vote, so obvious is it not. If we never get someone in office, who cares about this illegal problem, it will only get worse, it will get out of control, if we do not get control of it now. Here and now, we have already let it esclate to out of control and out of reach sort of. We need someone tough on this illegal stance, Obama ain't this man.
Def time to play hard ball till Mexico cleans up its act, which MAY be never.
All joking aside...who do you expect to pay for this? The border states? Because really, they'll be benefiting most from such an endeavor. And I shudder to think how much energy would be wasted from such a fence that could be going to power who-knows-how-many homes and businesses inside of the US. I think it's a bad idea at best. Fence? Fine. Wall? Okay, I'm open to being convinced. But an electric fence spanning thousands of miles, to be kept running indefinitely? Really? I understand the argument "well we're still paying the costs of illegal immigration" but that solution lies in immigration reform. Not in spending X millions more unnecessary taxpayer dollars when we are in such an economy.
All joking aside...who do you expect to pay for this? The border states? Because really, they'll be benefiting most from such an endeavor. And I shudder to think how much energy would be wasted from such a fence that could be going to power who-knows-how-many homes and businesses inside of the US. I think it's a bad idea at best. Fence? Fine. Wall? Okay, I'm open to being convinced. But an electric fence spanning thousands of miles, to be kept running indefinitely? Really? I understand the argument "well we're still paying the costs of illegal immigration" but that solution lies in immigration reform. Not in spending X millions more unnecessary taxpayer dollars when we are in such an economy.
It would be cheaper than paying the health care costs and for the schools for their kids and the food stamps and WIC, but really there needs to be more done about visa overstayers. They can simply get a cheap border crossing card (some call them shopping passes) and nothing is done when they decide just not to go back home on time.
A very large number of them get these cards supposedly to come and shop or sometimes if they know someone here it's viewed as a visitor visa but they can use them and head on over to a hospital when ready to give birth, and a large number of them get a stolen social security number and work illegally.
Stopping them from coming over illegally means nothing when the government practically gives them a pass to cross legally but doesn't expect them to abide by the terms of the visa.
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