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It sucks that they have to make these cuts

But somehow Bush managed to find another $930 million or so to give to the countries affected by the tsunami, plus $100 million for Poland.

[Aria]

Did you see Walter Williams column saying this money is not Bush's to give? Charity should be voluntary but he is giving involuntarily money. We are one of the most generous nations but this is ridiculous. Who knows where all this money will really go? Surely there will be tons of graft.

[Terpesman]

I understand that.... I don't agree with the cuts. I just don't think that more agents = more security. The last time I was in Miami I walked into a store where nobody spoke English. This was a major convenience store chain and the three employees couldn't answer me in English. I'd be willing to bet that they're not all citizens.

What I want to do is start rounding these folks up and shipping them back to whatever godforsaken country they came from. Unless we are willing to do that, the problem will not go away.

[sasafras]

You forgot 5 billion to Africa for Aids.

The border problem is simple Bush and other RINOs try to confuse the real answer so that most Americans are dumbfounded and go along with their lame excuse for us being helpless to stop illegals. Just three simple things and illegals will not only not come here they will leave
1) Take away all the benefits (no federal no state...nohting)
2) Penalize employers with substantial fines and make it stick - need to be aggressive
3) Optional if 1 $ 2 are enforced - Build a wall (approx 8mill/mile) very cheap when you consider the cost of agents and support equipment costs per year. This is a one time expense.

All are low technology and could be in place within 6 mos (except for wall). Illegals would be gone in a year. Taxes would be reduced, hospitals better, schools better, crime reduced, insurance premiums reduced, better wages, etc.....