Subj : The Big Lie
To   : Mike Powell
From : Jeff Thiele
Date : Tue Oct 11 2022 16:14:18

On 11 Oct 2022, Mike Powell said the following...
 MP> > That was my point. The wall is not providing much of an impediment at al
 MP> > It's like a TV dinner vs a TV dinner with a plastic covering vs a TV din
 MP> > with a plastic covering inside of a box. You're going to get your TV din
 MP> But without the plastic covering, you are more likely going to make a
 MP> mess and lose some of the contents.

You might, if you're careless. The plastic covering is probably going to
self-vent, along with some of the contents, in the microwave anyway.

 MP> >  MP> I don't believe Democrats wanted a wall, with or without the added
 MP> >  MP> security you describe.
 MP> > It's largely a symbolic (and expensive) gesture that stops hardly anyone
 MP> and probably costs us less than the people that wouldn't get in if we
 MP> didn't have one.
 MP> Like we agreed, a wall + added security features is better than nothing

The wall itself doesn't add much of anything and is pretty much worthless
without the additional security features. Those security features existed
along parts of the border prior to the building of the wall, btw.

As for the cost, the cost of the wall is ridiculously high at tens of
millions of dollars per mile. If migrants come here, get jobs, and pay taxes,
we're probably better off than we would be without spending billions on a
wall. I know that the conservative perception is that they all come here to
get free stuff, but most get jobs.

Jeff.

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