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I would go to full legalization, including manufacture and sales of all drugs. The state could go into the business as well and fund the clinics with the revenues.
I agree for marijuana. That's like alcohol or tobacco and prohibition against it exists purely because much of society finds it distasteful. Cocaine and heroine aren't controlled purely because society finds them off-putting. They're actually destructive.
Nobody is suggesting we do what Hungary did; his argument failed.Hungary has just put a fence, they haven't stationed security forces yet.
Nobody is suggesting we do what Hungary did; his argument failed.
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No, America is not any different from the rest in that regard. It is another stolen nation, founded and built upon racism, genocide, slavery, and white supremacy.
Funny, I hear conservative minded people here all the time telling us that the democrats still have the blacks enslaved by social programs, and the support for Planned Parenthood allows a genocide the likes we may have never seen. Oh and racism is no longer an issue.Whole buildings are often raised up and their faulty foundations replaced with new ones. Such has happened in America. Slavery and genocide no longer exist, and racism is fading quickly. It's all good. Be patient.
Why are you sorry? It seems like a logical question. We have 2 borders after all. The big border or the little one?Sorry I asked.
I'm being [serious]Okay, I'm having a hard time telling who's being serious in this thread.
Our border is secure enough. I would pour all the funds you would pour into this barrier into reducing the negative effects illegal immigration has on our country and reducing the number of illegal immigrants residing within our borders.I don't think an expensive 'wall' as suggested by Trump is the answer. I would rather see a lighted chain link/razor wire fence, manned by security forces all along it's length. Guard dogs would augment the security personnel.
Bright lights would illuminate the southern area at night while the northern area would be dark to any illegals who approach. The open wire would allow complete visibility at all times. Lighting costs would be reduced greatly by the use of pv systems.
The primary cost would be personnel, which would be provided by active duty Armed Services, state National Guard units, law enforcement, and dedicated border guard units. Since these personnel are already being paid there would be little or no cost for their service.
Whole military units could be deployed to remote sectors of the fence and conduct field training exercises in conjunction with fence duty. It would be good training for fighting in the deserts of the middle east.
If remote sectors show little or no illegal activity personnel could be reduced or redeployed to problem areas as needed. Military transport units would also rotate in for training, ensuring the quick mobility of personnel as needed.
This plan would minimize the cost of infrastructure and maximize the effectiveness by allowing more 'boots on the ground'. Thus the 'barrier' to entry would be invested more in personnel than an expensive, easily breached, unguarded wall.
Just wait for racism to end? Has that ever worked? The end of such injustices have generally been built upon massive organization by the oppressed and their allies. Slavery ended after decades of active protest by Quakers and other allies, repeated slave uprisings, and the most deadly war in US history. Abolition of Jim Crow? Civil liberties? Both after extensive protest and revelation of widespread and systematic oppression. How about other countries. Apartheid? British oppression of India? all after massive organized protest revealing the scope of the abuses. Can you name any end of such oppression that resolved itself by just waiting it out?Whole buildings are often raised up and their faulty foundations replaced with new ones. Such has happened in America. Slavery and genocide no longer exist, and racism is fading quickly. It's all good. Be patient.
Agreed! It's not the need for a wall that is keeping it on the front burner. It is the need for a distraction that dose.Our border is secure enough. I would pour all the funds you would pour into this barrier into reducing the negative effects illegal immigration has on our country and reducing the number of illegal immigrants residing within our borders.
If we poured all of our funds into stopping border crossings, we'd still have illegal immigrants already here or entering the country on visas and with border passes. This problem is solved by reducing the number of illegal immigrants faster than it increases each year. Pouring extra funds into our border is expensive and ineffective.
Fear will never be overthrown by the passing of years. That which has born the burden of it will always be replaced by the emergence of something or someone new to react to. As long as people are comfortable in their ignorance there will be those who suffer for it. Complacency is the enemy of all and those who indulge in it are dead to the world that surrounds them.Just wait for racism to end? Has that ever worked? The end of such injustices have generally been built upon massive organization by the oppressed and their allies. Slavery ended after decades of active protest by Quakers and other allies, repeated slave uprisings, and the most deadly war in US history. Abolition of Jim Crow? Civil liberties? Both after extensive protest and revelation of widespread and systematic oppression. How about other countries. Apartheid? British oppression of India? all after massive organized protest revealing the scope of the abuses. Can you name any end of such oppression that resolved itself by just waiting it out?
Yes they do.Slavery and genocide no longer exist, and racism is fading quickly.
I don't think an expensive 'wall' as suggested by Trump is the answer. I would rather see a lighted chain link/razor wire fence, manned by security forces all along it's length. Guard dogs would augment the security personnel.
Bright lights would illuminate the southern area at night while the northern area would be dark to any illegals who approach. The open wire would allow complete visibility at all times. Lighting costs would be reduced greatly by the use of pv systems.
The primary cost would be personnel, which would be provided by active duty Armed Services, state National Guard units, law enforcement, and dedicated border guard units. Since these personnel are already being paid there would be little or no cost for their service.
Whole military units could be deployed to remote sectors of the fence and conduct field training exercises in conjunction with fence duty. It would be good training for fighting in the deserts of the middle east.
If remote sectors show little or no illegal activity personnel could be reduced or redeployed to problem areas as needed. Military transport units would also rotate in for training, ensuring the quick mobility of personnel as needed.
This plan would minimize the cost of infrastructure and maximize the effectiveness by allowing more 'boots on the ground'. Thus the 'barrier' to entry would be invested more in personnel than an expensive, easily breached, unguarded wall.
It's illegal immigration that is being discussed .Why does immigration matter this much to some people? Just wondering.
It gives people a scapegoat for the wrongness they see around them. Whenever there is less to share there will be those who will point out those who should have less or none at all. What is not surprising is hardly anyone points to themselves when seeking out those who should be sacrificed for the so-called common good.Why does immigration matter this much to some people? Just wondering.
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