A coveted "Gold Post" award for ya...
Ahem, I'm a wee bit color blind, so if it's more yellow/orange/purple than gold; well....
FGS
Apologies for any duplicate pings. On the suggestion of several fellow FReepers I am posting this as a thread of its own, after having posted it on another thread.
And thanks to several fellow FReepers (especially ForGod'sSake, squantos and tet68) for a correction and especially kind comments on the original post. :)
Allow me to repost my previous reply to you then...
"An excellent analysis, and well said.
The cost recovery alone in the first 5 years, due to the decreased burden on the State/Fed tax system by SEVERELY curtailing, if not outright eliminating the Illegal Infiltrator problem MORE than offeset the start-up costs, and as the wall will not need 8 Billion/Year EVERY year, as it will then be a fixed cost...I rough estimate with your provided figures that within 3.5 to 4 years, The Wall, security, and all associated costs will be paid in full by the savings from reduced/eliminated burden!
Then, we can wall off Canada...after offering the Westen Provinces the opportunity to join the US first!
My next suggestion is doing what was done in "Escape From New York"...turn Manhattan into a LIEberal enclave(hell, it already IS), wall it up and mine/cut the bridges and tunnels, and just toss the bastards in as they surface in the rest of America, to fend for themselves and not screw it up for the REAL America anymore! You want to live in a Marxist Utopia...here's your entry pass...good luck!
I can see Krintong and Shrillary as the "Duke and Dutchess of NY...they're A #1!"...I know...a fantasy, but I can dream, can't I?
Back to reality...your final thought is correct, but not far enough along... I predict that we are 12/18 MONTHS from B.I.T.S. ... and that timeframe is shrinking exponentially with EVERY Kelo/AZ decision that comes along, as our "Leaders" dither and show just how meaningless and out-of-touch they are!
I predict that we should invest in comanies that produce things like rope...ammo/arms...feathers...tar....because the past will happen again, and sooner than the Perfumed Princes of Power think.
OK, but it better not happen again.
OK, but it better not happen again.
Thanks for re-posting this, joanie-f. I'd saved it from the other thread. It's a keeper.
A coveted "Gold Post" award for ya...
Ahem, I'm a wee bit color blind, so if it's more yellow/orange/purple than gold; well....
FGS