DRUGS COMING FROM MEXICO

Imagine all of the drugs that don't get caught as they are crossing the border. Imagine all of these that make it into the inner cities, that put people in jail, that kill people, and that create drug related crimes.

Imagine that this could be materially reduced with significantly increased border security. Too bad that big business needs cheap labor (and controls Congress) or we could make some improvements.

This still amazes me. For around 4 billion dollars, we could "basically" secure the Mexican border. This would by far pay for itself in reduced drug related crimes and deaths throughout the United States.

However, where would big business get cheap labor that it could exploit; such labor allowing big business to avoid employing our own poor -- which would require providing benefits and paying its portion of SS taxes, etc.

This is one more indicator that Congress is bought and paid for by big business.

What else could it be? Why else would our Congress ignore the easiest route for getting drugs into this country. Given that we find no issue with going to Colombia for raids (and are spending some money on the issue), it must be because of the all mighty dollar.

Our Congress' inefficiency on this issue is evidence of either its guilt or stupidity; and I don't consider our Congress to be made up of stupid individuals. Unfortunately, they are just not righteous ones.

They live in a world that is not impacted by the things (like drug related crimes) that impact the average person; and unfortunately they lack both the empathy and vision to address the average person's needs. But if you mess with their dollars, they will go to war to defend our economy.

Some things never change.