[Joe Hadenuf]

We predicted this right after 911, if the borders were not shut down.

[TomGuy]

We predicted this right after 911, if the borders were not shut down.

It is astonishing how many politicians get elected, sent to Washington, and somewhere on the trip, lose their common sense.

Even before 9-11, common sense would have said that open borders would lead to infiltration by undesirables. Especially after 9-11, common sense cried out for the Washington electees to restrict illegals from entering.

[Syncro]

Yes, and some of us have been talking about it for months.

It's been quite obvious in some circles, and has been discussed here at FR.

They have been doing this for some time.

[kinghorse]

How the heck do you shut down a border in a country that advertizes itself to be walmart store for the rest of the world? How do you do it when the current inhabitants are dying faster than they are reproducing as a result of birth control and the widely practiced use of abortion to stop pregnancy? How do you do it when the entire economy (other than the doomsdayers holed up in the hills) is predicated on growth, in terms of total number of inhabitants and output?

If our borders had been closed these last 30 years, we would be humming along in perpetual recession. Face it, the continued viability of our economic system is dependent upon increased output of goods and services. If we won't provide the workers and consumers at home, you can bet your bottom dollar our leaders will find em and get em here. This is precisely what has occurred and will continue to occur.

Our strength lies in our ability to manage and inculcate a strong sense of consumerism in an ever increasing population. It's a pyramid scheme of sorts and cannot be averted without a huge reordering or priorities and standard of living.