[tpaine]

Joe Hadenuf wrote:

Instead of going after the good citizen here, why don't you ask Bush why we doesn't secure our borders from the millions entering illegally? During war time yet.

Cool it joe. I'm no fan of the Bush regime.

-- But I see the problem much like JR does. Militarizing our borders is not the American way. We can find better methods, and a good start would be a Fair Tax scheme to eliminate some of the economical incentives.
See my post #486.

[radicalamericannationalist]

What would your fair tax proposal do to discourage al Queda types from waltzing over? They're not looking to take jobs. They're looking to take lives.

[Joe Hadenuf]

Crap. I've heard it all before. Out of the millions being employed by the damn criminal employers and greedy business owners none of them are being held accountable by law. You think this is an accident?

Why are they above the law? Which laws can I ignore?

[FreeReign]

Militarizing our borders is not the American way.

Well, I was against militarizing the borders, but now that you've weighed in...

[Trinity_Tx]

" a good start would be a Fair Tax scheme to eliminate some of the economical incentives. See my post #486."

Well, now there's a decent answer... dunno how I missed it.

Quote #486:

"It would abolish income taxes & SS deductions for a 20% [or more] federal sales tax on EVERY new product or service, even food/clothes/etc.

Illegals would have to pay the tax, but they would not be reimbursed, as would citizens.
In effect an illegals cost of living would go up by whatever the individual tax rebate would set at. For illegals with families, it would probably price them out of our labor market."

I like it. Best answer to the economic problem so far, IMHO.

Though I'd still be looking for a way for the gov't to do it's job protecting our borders from our enemies...