I can see Governor Perry trying to get the US government to assume its responsibility. My memory says that about 3 operational division sized elements in the field in Afghanistan has cost billions.
I remember more than a decade ago a division+ at an installation costing about a billion a year, and that was with limited training operations throughout the year. (I’m not talking pay and benefits.) Granted there are no installation costs, but still it would be double that by now. And So, for a year of a highly mobilized force of about 2000 on a 1000 mile border with one man covering one mile and having one replacement every 12 hours, we’re talking about 100-200 million a year in operational cost and another 200 million in salary and benefits costs.
A half billion a year out of state coffers is a big hit for any state. Obama, on the other hand, asks Congress for 3.2(?) billion for handling this ‘border issue’. I assume that’s for a year.
....”I can see Governor Perry trying to get the US government to assume its responsibility”......
Are you kidding! Perry’s been singing that ‘same tune’ for years now.....’the fed gov isn’t doing their job’ as if it’s new news.
Perry’s known for years the gov is not going to call out anyone to protect the border..as it needs to be...and Perry’s shown he will not assume the responsibility either. They all throw more money at it and then funnel it every place but where it would do the job of stopping the illegals.
They don’t close it because they don’t want to...and they don’t enforce the laws already in place because they don’t want to. It’s that simple. None want to spend the money where it matters to the people rather what will continue to let them do just enough to say they’re ‘trying’ ...