WaPo: Build the Wall

[Golfboy]

Even liberal newspapers are getting on board the Trump train.

Just because Donald Trump isn’t qualified to be president — and just because much of his agenda is hateful and undesirable — doesn’t mean that everything he says is automatically wrong. Some of his ideas deserve consideration and enactment. One of these is building a wall across our southern border with Mexico.

It has been ridiculed as a monstrosity and a colossal waste of money. The theory of the wall is that it keeps out low-wage workers and, thereby, raises the wages of U.S. workers, including earlier Hispanic arrivals. They are most vulnerable to additional Hispanic workers, because their skills generally overlap.

The crucial question is: If we had a wall, what would we get for it? The answer: A wall probably represents our best chance of reaching broad agreement on immigration policy, a subject that has frustrated Congress and the two most recent presidents.

Let’s be clear on one issue: Trump’s insistence that Mexico pay for the wall is absurd. No self-respecting Mexican president would accept it. If one did, the wall would become a subject of endless bickering between the two countries as to who actually owned and controlled it. The fact that Trump made this so central to his proposal suggests that he’s simply grandstanding.

Still, in the hands of someone serious, a wall could be a catalyst for a comprehensive overhaul of U.S. immigration policy. “It’s hard to understand opposition [to a wall],” as my colleague Charles Krauthammer recently noted. “It’s the most venerable and reliable way to keep people out.” He argued correctly that the outlines of a deal have long been apparent. It would:

● Change legal immigration criteria to favor employability (a.k.a. skills) over family connections. The emphasis would be on stimulating the nation’s economic growth.

● Require most businesses to belong to E-Verify, the government system that allows employers to check on the immigrant status of potential workers.

● Create a path to legality — and ultimately to citizenship — for the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants in the country.

● Embrace policies — including a wall — that would credibly and dramatically reduce illegal immigration.

One place this article is wrong, is that we can't make Mexico pay for it.
Liberals love taxes, don't they? Simply tax remittances to Mexico.

[Zaro]

Even liberal newspapers are getting on board the Trump train.

One place this article is wrong, is that we can't make Mexico pay for it.

Liberals love taxes, don't they? Simply tax remittances to Mexico.

^^ Golfie thinking

[KneeJerk]

Deduct foreign aide.

 

There soon won't BE any remittance to Mexiqo.

 

 

kj

[Zaro]

Deduct foreign aide.

 

 

There soon won't BE any remittance to Mexiqo.

 

 

kj

^^ kj thinking

[Golfboy]

^^ Golfie thinking

 

 

^^ kj thinking

 

^^ Dumbass incapable of thinking.

Poor liberal bastard. Too ignorant to debate, but too stupid to shut up.

[Zaro]

 

 

 

^^ Dumbass incapable of thinking.

Poor liberal bastard. Too ignorant to debate, but too stupid to shut up.

^^ Golftoy thinking sample

[KneeJerk]

 

^^ Dumbass incapable of thinking.

Poor liberal bastard. Too ignorant to debate, but too stupid to shut up.

 

When her mouth opens, there is no doubt she is a fool.

 

kj