THE BORDER WALL
Mr. Trump said today (January 10, 2019) that a “Wall will work.” How many lessons do we need to tell us that “Walls don’t Work.” The most recent wall to come down was the Berlin wall. In Ancient times it was the great wall of China. Walls do not work because the maintenance costs are so high. Once the crisis is gone there is no need for a wall and the money is wasted. If walls really worked every country in the world would put up walls. The “crisis” raised by Mr. Trump is a “manufactured” crisis to protect his ego and allow him to say “I won” similar to his response to the Cavanaugh hearings. If Mr. Trump doesn’t win he will always have someone else to blame. There is no real crisis requiring an emergency response. Lets put money into making major changes to our immigration system and make it First Class by employing many more agents and set about improving and speeding up the court system to handle all legitimate refugees that appear at our border.
Right On !
ReplyDeleteYou make a good point Dad. I found this article, based on conservative Cato Institute articles, to back up what you have said here. I would encourage people to review it: https://medium.com/s/story/what-happened-when-a-trump-supporter-challenged-me-about-the-wall-e54e86a5edd1. Secondly, a structural engineering expert in Houston, Amy Patrick, posted on Facebook why the wall won't work from an engineering perspective. She made the post public, so you should be able to look it up there.
ReplyDeleteIn a very simplistic response, I say ... show me a 10 foot wall and I will show you a 12 foot ladder. Actually someone else said that, but it is true!
ReplyDeleteAnd a wall won't keep those pesky Russians from meddling in our elections.
ReplyDeleteThanks Uncle Dick. My take is that the problem we are facing in this country is not Trump or even congressional Republicans. It is our family, friends, and neighbors who continue to be registered Republican and support people who are damaging us in foriegn relations, health care, education, immigration, civil rights, and environment. We must be courageous and have the difficult conversations to let people know we think their continued support of these policies is abhorrent to us.
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