The Misguided Cruzade for Total Border Control [Open-Border Libertarians]

Reason.com ^ | March 31, 2015 | Shikha Dalmia

[SoConPubbie]

	"If we must have an enemy at the head of Government, let it be one whom we can oppose, and for whom we are not responsible, who will not involve our party in the disgrace of his foolish and bad measures." - Alexander Hamilton "We don't intend to turn the Republican Party over to the traitors in the battle just ended. We will have no more of those candidates who are pledged to the same goals as our opposition and who seek our support. Turning the Party over to the so-called moderates wouldn’t make any sense at all." -- President Ronald Reagan "A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice." - Thomas Paine 1792 "It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men." - Samuel Adams "If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen." - Samuel Adams

[SoConPubbie]

Ted Cruz Ping!

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CRUZ or LOSE!

CRUZ or LOSE!

[MrB]

Do these people have locks on their doors and if so, why?

[Paladin2]

What’s a Shikha?

[cdcdawg]

Because all of those Mexicans are going to vote for smaller government ..... or something? This is where reality smacks the libertarians, which is amazing, because their patron saint (Rand) described their paradise (Galt’s Gulch) as having rather restrictive immigration policies (you had to be invited).

[Rusty0604]

“although unauthorized workers consumed about $504 million more in public services than they paid in taxes, without them, the Texas economy would shrink by 2.1 percent, or $17.7 billion.”

Well someone has to pay for the $504 million shortfall, so that would be the actual taxpayers. And I don’t know if those “public services” include education for all their children. I doubt it or it would be more. That means the schools have to borrow more money and raise taxes on the citizens.

[thorvaldr]

Basically, he says “build a fence” because he’s allowed to say build a fence. How hard do you think the chamber of commerce would fight him if he said “don’t give illegals driver licenses and tax ID’s, don’t treat them in hospitals, don’t let their children in public schools, definitely don’t give them in state tuition, and most of all arrest, fine and imprison anyone who hires them instead of hiring a legal American.” That’s the solution, that’s how countries other than the US make sure they don’t have this problem.

[Rapscallion]

The Texas senator's fencing plans will impose a hefty cost on Americans

Nowhere near as much as the cost of millions of illegals sucking America dry.

[American Constitutionalist]

THE CRUZADES !

Love it.

[moehoward]

"a Texas comptroller study found that although unauthorized workers consumed about $504 million more in public services than they paid in taxes, without them, the Texas economy would shrink by 2.1 percent"

This is right up there with Pelosi saying welfare payments are the "biggest stimuluses" in the economy.

[eyeamok]

You gotta love these fools, I propose we get a petition drive going to force REASON Magazine and ALL THEIR EMPLOYEES to immediately have every LOCK REMOVED on all their Businesses and Homes. See how they like it then.

[rfreedom4u]

Have all illegals that are caught sentenced to work on the border fence for three years. When their time is up send them home.

[DesertRhino]

She’s real bright. Look closely at her poster. It says nearly half of illegal immigrants enter illegally.

[concerned about politics]

Yeah! Build that fence asap.

U.S. signed agreement with Mexico to teach immigrants to unionize

"The federal government has signed agreements with three foreign countries — Mexico, Ecuador and the Philippines — to establish outreach programs to teach immigrants their rights to engage in labor organizing in the U.S. The agreements do not distinguish between those who entered legally or illegally. They are part of a broader effort by the National Labor Relations Board to get immigrants involved in union activism. "

[BrewingFrog]

The numbers utilized in this screed are, as usual, complete and utter crap. Illegals are a sinkhole and contribute little (if anything) to the tax base, while sucking money out of the system via Social Services, education and health care. The author does not even have a decent handle on how many illegals there actually are, only fictitious numbers from illegal-friendly “sources.”

[Dead Corpse]

If you can’t control your border, you don’t HAVE a Country.

That being said, I also approve of the US annexing both Mexico and Canada.

[TADSLOS]

Reason Magazine should be sued for abusing it’s own name.

[Kartographer]

[Envisioning]

Spot on!

[KC_Lion]

(Galt’s Gulch) as having rather restrictive immigration policies (you had to be invited).

Stop Making Sense!

Stop It!