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illegals cost this nation about 200,000,000,000 a year, a fence would cost at most 60,000,000,000 to build..so by default we are saving money just building it.
Yet you don't account for the extra Border Patrol nor do you even know if the fence will be effective. It won't be without the extra Border Patrol, which would cost about an extra 40 billion, so now you are at 100 billion. U.S. border 'surge' would place agent every 1,000 feet | Reuters Furthermore, that 200 billion figure is debatable at best.
Plus, there's no guarantee it'll work. Do fiscal conservatives take 100 billion dollar risks? Nope. Fools certainly do, though.
Yet you don't account for the extra Border Patrol nor do you even know if the fence will be effective. It won't be without the extra Border Patrol, which would cost about an extra 40 billion, so now you are at 100 billion. U.S. border 'surge' would place agent every 1,000 feet | Reuters
Plus, there's no guarantee it'll work. Do fiscal conservatives take 100 billion risks? Nope. Fools certainly do, though.
I guess if the shoe fits.
Which is still cheaper than the cost of illegal aliens. Don't forget all those union jobs democrats love building the fence and border patrol. This does not take into account the affect on illegal drugs.
If you want to stop drugs or illegal immigration, the approach is the same: curtail demand not supply. Serious penalties for employers of illegals would make the whole problem (including the one of 12 million illegals already here) go away very quickly.
And all those middle-class folks and kids taking drugs --- off to the penal colonies for them.
Which is still cheaper than the cost of illegal aliens. Don't forget all those union jobs democrats love building the fence and border patrol. This does not take into account the affect on illegal drugs.
Yet you are assuming it will work. Ever hear of these things called "tunnels"? Also, there's no chance in hell Republicans will increase Border Patrol like that because it is a union job. It'd be too much fodder for Democrats as they will most certainly turn that against Republicans as an example of how union jobs improve communities.
So, explain to me how the GOP gets out of this Catch-22?
Yet you are assuming it will work. Ever hear of these things called "tunnels"? Also, there's no chance in hell Republicans will increase Border Patrol like that because it is a union job. It'd be too much fodder for Democrats as they will most certainly turn that against Republicans as an example of how union jobs improve communities.
So, explain to me how the GOP gets out of this Catch-22?
All many republicans try to do is increase border patrol. You are really reaching on hiring government workers increases communities thing.
What do you think is easier to do, walk across a border without a fence or dog a tunnel hundreds of yards long?
The Chinese tried this several centuries ago. It failed then and will fail now.
Failed? China is China not Mongolia.
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