Faced with problems Americans like to take action. “Don’t just stand there – do something” is the rallying call. Unfortunately, people mistake action for achievement. But often doing something is ineffective. And that ineffectivity – this being America – frequently costs a lot in blood and treasure. Especially with our boundless enthusiasm for fighting misguided wars.
Vietnam – expensive and pointless.
Some of these wars are costly in both blood and treasure – Vietnam and Iraq. Others are costly in just treasure – the wars on poverty and drugs. And then there is the War on Illegal Immigrants
And here, there is good news – and there is bad news. The good news is that we don’t have to keep spending billions to fight this war. The solution is simple – and almost free. The bad news is we’ll never do it.
The secret lies in supply and demand.
Our problem is that we keep tackling the wrong one – supply. It doesn’t matter how many walls, patrols, drones, and the like are deployed, immigrants still cross the border illegally – because there are JOBS.
No jobs for illegal aliens = no illegal aliens
And therein lies the solution. Just take away the jobs – i.e. the demand for this labor.
How?
Penalize the employers. Throw the the owner, the CEO, and the human resources managers of any company employing illegal aliens in jail – and the problem goes away.
If you want to ensure 100% compliance, add homeowners, who don’t check the immigration status of nannies and housekeepers, to the list of jailbirds
But it will never happen – because there is too much money being made.
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