So, you are a supply sider huh? :-)
I agree but agreeing doesn't solve the problem. How is the question and the answer is the problem. How long have we been fighting the war on drugs? Has it been successful or does it create more problems than it solves? The same needs to be asked about the border situation.
All of us can pose a solution but are we willing to do what is necessary to impose our solution? What about cost? Is there the political will, not by us but by our reresentatives?
All problems have a solution but is the light worth the candle?
That said, I think both drugs and illegals are problems that need solving. I would legalize drugs and close he borders but both face serious opposition.
Er.... Shoulda said "demand side." (Embarrassed shuffling of feet....) Americans demand the workers by supplying the money.... (*cough*)
I agree but agreeing doesn't solve the problem. How is the question and the answer is the problem. How long have we been fighting the war on drugs? Has it been successful or does it create more problems than it solves? The same needs to be asked about the border situation.
Indeed it does. And what's main strategy are we using in the WOD? It's to keep the stuff from crossing the border. And it doesn't work, because there are a lot of Americans who pay big bucks to keep it coming.
We really need to address the American side of this problem. We're paying people to come. Once we can acknowledge that, the question is: what do we want to do about it.
Really: what's the goal here? Is it to keep people from coming over at all, or is it to keep track of the people who do come across?
The latter is a whole lot easier to do, and it also offers the possibility of gaining tax revenues from registered workers to help offset the load they put on government services. It also helps to police the American demand side if one can put the proper "legality tracking" mechanisms in place.