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caryking said:

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Steve Videtich said:

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caryking said:

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Steve Videtich said:

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Werewolf said:

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https://www.westernjournal.com/seeing-russias-problem-china-draws-red-line-world/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=conservative-brief-WJ&utm_campaign=dailypm&utm_content=western-journal&ats_es=1f54900722d3efa3b1a93ae57117354b


Comment: Cuban Missle Crisis to unfold

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Didn't Australia already get smacked down by China for trying to stand up to them? We need to reverse course on our dependence on China for so much. Things will get a lot worse for us if they invade Taiwan.

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Unfortunately, that's easier said than done.. We should start the transition; however, it's going to take years to correct.

So much of our component manufacturing is done in Asia (mostly in China). We just don't have enough component manufacturing and/or any of the needed manufacturing in the US. Once the component manufacturing is done, then the assembly is next. I think we could establish the domestic assembly process much faster than the manufacturing of components process. That said, the components would have to be shipped here, from Asia, and the assembly could happen; however, this will cause a delay in time to market.

Also, semiconductors are made in Asia. Almost everything we use contains them. This is why Taiwan has become a strategic alliance with the US.

I can get into a long discussion on how we got here; however, that will cause a different debate that people may not want to have...

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Cary, I understand all of this. Not only in the electronics world, but where do you think many of our pandemic needs have come from? What happens when a much worse virus rolls across the world? We have not set ourselves up in a good place in so many of these sectors.

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BTW, I work in the Golf Industry. We can't get out of China! We have moved Cut and Sew (final Assembly) to Indonesia; however, all the raw materials and micro manufacturing are still happening in China. China has the manufacturing base!!!

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Yes, because they have over a billion people, including children that can be installed in the workforce. But, we as a country are worried about human rights? Nope, just greed!

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Oldsouljer said:

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No surprise where Graham is concerned, his loyalties are suspect, he has been known to attend meetings in Davos after all. The only reason I don't take shots at stupid South Carolinians for not giving him the boot, is that could just as easily take us to task over Burr and Tillis.

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Civilized said:

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caryking said:

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Civilized said:

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SexualChocolate said:

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I'm in the gas industry and I know the gas prices have been discussed but here is a good article that talks about it.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikepatton/2022/03/09/the-real-reason-behind-surging-gas-prices/?sh=20355e7f26de&fbclid=IwAR0taOUmKE2DVmU9ZYVrJS5aMno6L2GCi9Dxuq_Xx1XO3jPPARLZBPxHSdw

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"Keystone XL had minimal effect on current pricing"

"The global pandemic caused a significant disruption in global supply chains, including oil. Even though the global supply of oil may have declined during COVID-19, demand was also muted as people were afraid to travel. This kept oil and gasoline prices low. As the world began to emerge from the pandemic, demand increased.

"This recent spike is not a product of President Biden. It is the culmination of many issues, with Russia's aggression at the top of the list."

This all sounds so…familiar.

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Civ, let's assume you are correct. Additionally, let's assume the data in this video is correct (I haven't, so, please validate the numbers), then how do we explain what's being said…

Perhaps it's not oil, I don't know, because I'm not an economist…

https://gettr.com/post/pzpc4idaa7

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The main thing that's different is we got more stimulus here. We got too much stimulus. That was a miss by Biden's administration. I understand the sentiment that led to that outcome (erring on the side of inflation rather than recession after seeing how slow the under-stimulated Great Recession recovery was) but in hindsight it's impossible not to say the stimulus was overdone.

In addition to staving off another Great Recession I'm sure there was also the presumption that another key driver of inflation - supply shortages due to supply chain interruptions - would have eased more than it's eased so far. If we had the excess stimulus issue alone but supply chains had healed in some reasonable amount of time, inflation would have been lower than what we've seen.

Is stimulus playing a role in gas prices? In some small amount, yes, but there are other clear and more important factors I and many other authors and economists have already addressed. Global oil and gas supply levels, rapidly increasing demand, and geopolitical instability are all primary drivers causing gas prices to spike here and abroad. As with any complex issues, there are multiple contributing factors.

We've got to get out of this partisan myopia when it comes to assessing problems and ascribing blame. It's very helpful to read international press, see how the global markets are reacting to particular events, etc. to bring important context to issues we're experiencing here.

COVID wasn't "Trump's fault" any more than gas prices are Biden's. Are there specific things they or their administrations did or didn't do that contributed? Sure. But degrees matter. If you think Biden's stimulus played a small role in gas prices going up, feel free to say that, but also address the multiple other factors that contributed more.

Relatedly, the only people around the world that think Putin's invasion of Russia is "Biden's fault" are a portion of American Republicans. Finding a way to blame that conflict on the US is just more US-centrism that the rest of the world hates about us already. Nobody else anywhere in the world is saying this. And the reason they're not saying it isn't international media bias towards Biden. Saying it wouldn't even occur to them, given the complexities of the situation. It ain't always about us.

But if the invasion and subsequent war were going to get blamed on one person, that person should probably be the power-desperate autocrat that actually did the invading.

In short, my biggest objection is to taking complex, multifactorial situations (especially those with many global inputs), and reductively blaming them on one person or one input. Complex problems have complex, multifaceted causes and solutions.

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caryking said:

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Civilized said:

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caryking said:

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Civilized said:

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SexualChocolate said:

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I'm in the gas industry and I know the gas prices have been discussed but here is a good article that talks about it.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikepatton/2022/03/09/the-real-reason-behind-surging-gas-prices/?sh=20355e7f26de&fbclid=IwAR0taOUmKE2DVmU9ZYVrJS5aMno6L2GCi9Dxuq_Xx1XO3jPPARLZBPxHSdw

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"Keystone XL had minimal effect on current pricing"

"The global pandemic caused a significant disruption in global supply chains, including oil. Even though the global supply of oil may have declined during COVID-19, demand was also muted as people were afraid to travel. This kept oil and gasoline prices low. As the world began to emerge from the pandemic, demand increased.

"This recent spike is not a product of President Biden. It is the culmination of many issues, with Russia's aggression at the top of the list."

This all sounds so…familiar.

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Civ, let's assume you are correct. Additionally, let's assume the data in this video is correct (I haven't, so, please validate the numbers), then how do we explain what's being said…

Perhaps it's not oil, I don't know, because I'm not an economist…

https://gettr.com/post/pzpc4idaa7

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The main thing that's different is we got more stimulus here. We got too much stimulus. That was a miss by Biden's administration. I understand the sentiment that led to that outcome (erring on the side of inflation rather than recession after seeing how slow the under-stimulated Great Recession recovery was) but in hindsight it's impossible not to say the stimulus was overdone.

In addition to staving off another Great Recession I'm sure there was also the presumption that another key driver of inflation - supply shortages due to supply chain interruptions - would have eased more than it's eased so far. If we had the excess stimulus issue alone but supply chains had healed in some reasonable amount of time, inflation would have been lower than what we've seen.

Is stimulus playing a role in gas prices? In some small amount, yes, but there are other clear and more important factors I and many other authors and economists have already addressed. Global oil and gas supply levels, rapidly increasing demand, and geopolitical instability are all primary drivers causing gas prices to spike here and abroad. As with any complex issues, there are multiple contributing factors.

We've got to get out of this partisan myopia when it comes to assessing problems and ascribing blame. It's very helpful to read international press, see how the global markets are reacting to particular events, etc. to bring important context to issues we're experiencing here.

COVID wasn't "Trump's fault" any more than gas prices are Biden's. Are there specific things they or their administrations did or didn't do that contributed? Sure. But degrees matter. If you think Biden's stimulus played a small role in gas prices going up, feel free to say that, but also address the multiple other factors that contributed more.

Relatedly, the only people around the world that think Putin's invasion of Russia is "Biden's fault" are a portion of American Republicans. Finding a way to blame that conflict on the US is just more US-centrism that the rest of the world hates about us already. Nobody else anywhere in the world is saying this. And the reason they're not saying it isn't international media bias towards Biden. Saying it wouldn't even occur to them, given the complexities of the situation. It ain't always about us.

But if the invasion and subsequent war were going to get blamed on one person, that person should probably be the power-desperate autocrat that actually did the invading.

In short, my biggest objection is to taking complex, multifactorial situations (especially those with many global inputs), and reductively blaming them on one person or one input. Complex problems have complex, multifaceted causes and solutions.

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Civ, that's a nice essay. In fact, when I first read this, I though you were saying you are an economist; or, an authority on the subject.

I'm sorry, but this is Biden's issue and he needs to live with it, like we all are... Also, wouldn't it be nice to see our economy (Oil Prices) had he not made the Executive Orders when he took office?

If none of this is based on his actions; then, why in the hell did he create those Executive Orders?

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Civilized said:

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caryking said:

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Civilized said:

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caryking said:

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Civilized said:

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SexualChocolate said:

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I'm in the gas industry and I know the gas prices have been discussed but here is a good article that talks about it.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikepatton/2022/03/09/the-real-reason-behind-surging-gas-prices/?sh=20355e7f26de&fbclid=IwAR0taOUmKE2DVmU9ZYVrJS5aMno6L2GCi9Dxuq_Xx1XO3jPPARLZBPxHSdw

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"Keystone XL had minimal effect on current pricing"

"The global pandemic caused a significant disruption in global supply chains, including oil. Even though the global supply of oil may have declined during COVID-19, demand was also muted as people were afraid to travel. This kept oil and gasoline prices low. As the world began to emerge from the pandemic, demand increased.

"This recent spike is not a product of President Biden. It is the culmination of many issues, with Russia's aggression at the top of the list."

This all sounds so…familiar.

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Civ, let's assume you are correct. Additionally, let's assume the data in this video is correct (I haven't, so, please validate the numbers), then how do we explain what's being said…

Perhaps it's not oil, I don't know, because I'm not an economist…

https://gettr.com/post/pzpc4idaa7

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The main thing that's different is we got more stimulus here. We got too much stimulus. That was a miss by Biden's administration. I understand the sentiment that led to that outcome (erring on the side of inflation rather than recession after seeing how slow the under-stimulated Great Recession recovery was) but in hindsight it's impossible not to say the stimulus was overdone.

In addition to staving off another Great Recession I'm sure there was also the presumption that another key driver of inflation - supply shortages due to supply chain interruptions - would have eased more than it's eased so far. If we had the excess stimulus issue alone but supply chains had healed in some reasonable amount of time, inflation would have been lower than what we've seen.

Is stimulus playing a role in gas prices? In some small amount, yes, but there are other clear and more important factors I and many other authors and economists have already addressed. Global oil and gas supply levels, rapidly increasing demand, and geopolitical instability are all primary drivers causing gas prices to spike here and abroad. As with any complex issues, there are multiple contributing factors.

We've got to get out of this partisan myopia when it comes to assessing problems and ascribing blame. It's very helpful to read international press, see how the global markets are reacting to particular events, etc. to bring important context to issues we're experiencing here.

COVID wasn't "Trump's fault" any more than gas prices are Biden's. Are there specific things they or their administrations did or didn't do that contributed? Sure. But degrees matter. If you think Biden's stimulus played a small role in gas prices going up, feel free to say that, but also address the multiple other factors that contributed more.

Relatedly, the only people around the world that think Putin's invasion of Russia is "Biden's fault" are a portion of American Republicans. Finding a way to blame that conflict on the US is just more US-centrism that the rest of the world hates about us already. Nobody else anywhere in the world is saying this. And the reason they're not saying it isn't international media bias towards Biden. Saying it wouldn't even occur to them, given the complexities of the situation. It ain't always about us.

But if the invasion and subsequent war were going to get blamed on one person, that person should probably be the power-desperate autocrat that actually did the invading.

In short, my biggest objection is to taking complex, multifactorial situations (especially those with many global inputs), and reductively blaming them on one person or one input. Complex problems have complex, multifaceted causes and solutions.

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Civ, that's a nice essay. In fact, when I first read this, I though you were saying you are an economist; or, an authority on the subject.

I'm sorry, but this is Biden's issue and he needs to live with it, like we all are... Also, wouldn't it be nice to see our economy (Oil Prices) had he not made the Executive Orders when he took office?

If none of this is based on his actions; then, why in the hell did he create those Executive Orders?

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LOL, anything but, buddy. I'm a message board guy with (mostly bad) opinions.

Oh he's living with it every day and will pay the price for it at the polls this November and again year after next.

We're all smart enough to not make the actual analyses that simplistic though.

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Civilized said:

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caryking said:

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Civilized said:

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SexualChocolate said:

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I'm in the gas industry and I know the gas prices have been discussed but here is a good article that talks about it.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikepatton/2022/03/09/the-real-reason-behind-surging-gas-prices/?sh=20355e7f26de&fbclid=IwAR0taOUmKE2DVmU9ZYVrJS5aMno6L2GCi9Dxuq_Xx1XO3jPPARLZBPxHSdw

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"Keystone XL had minimal effect on current pricing"

"The global pandemic caused a significant disruption in global supply chains, including oil. Even though the global supply of oil may have declined during COVID-19, demand was also muted as people were afraid to travel. This kept oil and gasoline prices low. As the world began to emerge from the pandemic, demand increased.

"This recent spike is not a product of President Biden. It is the culmination of many issues, with Russia's aggression at the top of the list."

This all sounds so…familiar.

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Civ, let's assume you are correct. Additionally, let's assume the data in this video is correct (I haven't, so, please validate the numbers), then how do we explain what's being said…

Perhaps it's not oil, I don't know, because I'm not an economist…

https://gettr.com/post/pzpc4idaa7

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The main thing that's different is we got more stimulus here. We got too much stimulus. That was a miss by Biden's administration. I understand the sentiment that led to that outcome (erring on the side of inflation rather than recession after seeing how slow the under-stimulated Great Recession recovery was) but in hindsight it's impossible not to say the stimulus was overdone.

In addition to staving off another Great Recession I'm sure there was also the presumption that another key driver of inflation - supply shortages due to supply chain interruptions - would have eased more than it's eased so far. If we had the excess stimulus issue alone but supply chains had healed in some reasonable amount of time, inflation would have been lower than what we've seen.

Is stimulus playing a role in gas prices? In some small amount, yes, but there are other clear and more important factors I and many other authors and economists have already addressed. Global oil and gas supply levels, rapidly increasing demand, and geopolitical instability are all primary drivers causing gas prices to spike here and abroad. As with any complex issues, there are multiple contributing factors.

We've got to get out of this partisan myopia when it comes to assessing problems and ascribing blame. It's very helpful to read international press, see how the global markets are reacting to particular events, etc. to bring important context to issues we're experiencing here.

COVID wasn't "Trump's fault" any more than gas prices are Biden's. Are there specific things they or their administrations did or didn't do that contributed? Sure. But degrees matter. If you think Biden's stimulus played a small role in gas prices going up, feel free to say that, but also address the multiple other factors that contributed more.

Relatedly, the only people around the world that think Putin's invasion of Russia is "Biden's fault" are a portion of American Republicans. Finding a way to blame that conflict on the US is just more US-centrism that the rest of the world hates about us already. Nobody else anywhere in the world is saying this. And the reason they're not saying it isn't international media bias towards Biden. Saying it wouldn't even occur to them, given the complexities of the situation. It ain't always about us.

But if the invasion and subsequent war were going to get blamed on one person, that person should probably be the power-desperate autocrat that actually did the invading.

In short, my biggest objection is to taking complex, multifactorial situations (especially those with many global inputs), and reductively blaming them on one person or one input. Complex problems have complex, multifaceted causes and solutions.

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caryking said:

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Oldsouljer said:

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No surprise where Graham is concerned, his loyalties are suspect, he has been known to attend meetings in Davos after all. The only reason I don't take shots at stupid South Carolinians for not giving him the boot, is that could just as easily take us to task over Burr and Tillis.

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So true!!!

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Werewolf said:

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China Says "No One & No Force" Could Stop It From Taking Taiwan As 13 Jets Breach Taiwan Airspace

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/china-says-no-one-no-force-could-stop-it-taking-taiwan-sends-13-jets-toward-island

and not to mention what's brewing w Israel & Iran......

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TheStorm said:

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https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/white-house-tiktok-stars-putin-gas-prices

At least now we know where Civ's been getting his updated talking points from... everything this administration does is fake, fabricated, manufactured, staged, or ie. "a lie".

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TheStorm said:

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https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/white-house-tiktok-stars-putin-gas-prices

At least now we know where Civ's been getting his updated talking points from... everything this administration does is fake, fabricated, manufactured, staged, or ie. "a lie".

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The White House told the TikTok influencers who were invited on the zoom call to blame the high gas prices on Putin. pic.twitter.com/qBCEA6r2C7

— Libs of Tik Tok (@libsoftiktok) March 14, 2022

TheStorm said:

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https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/white-house-tiktok-stars-putin-gas-prices

At least now we know where Civ's been getting his updated talking points from... everything this administration does is fake, fabricated, manufactured, staged, or ie. "a lie".

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Packchem91 said:

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TheStorm said:

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https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/white-house-tiktok-stars-putin-gas-prices

At least now we know where Civ's been getting his updated talking points from... everything this administration does is fake, fabricated, manufactured, staged, or ie. "a lie".

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LOL, that is crazy. Clearly, politicians have learned to use SM platforms to get across unfiltered messaging. Well, until it does get filtered.

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cowboypack02 said:

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PackFansXL said:

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https://www.nationalreview.com/news/border-patrol-apprehends-165000-migrants-in-february-up-60-percent-from-previous-year/

The surge continues breaking records while this administration plans to remove Title 42. It's almost like this guy wants to damage the nation so much that future Presidents just give up and continue the downward spiral. What levels does the press consider a crisis?

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I think its the opposite. The current administration wants to let so much go that when a different administration tries to do something about it they'll be called racist, sexist, or whatever kinda ism that applies

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PackFansXL said:

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https://www.nationalreview.com/news/border-patrol-apprehends-165000-migrants-in-february-up-60-percent-from-previous-year/

The surge continues breaking records while this administration plans to remove Title 42. It's almost like this guy wants to damage the nation so much that future Presidents just give up and continue the downward spiral. What levels does the press consider a crisis?

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cowboypack02 said:

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hokiewolf said:

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cowboypack02 said:

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PackFansXL said:

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https://www.nationalreview.com/news/border-patrol-apprehends-165000-migrants-in-february-up-60-percent-from-previous-year/

The surge continues breaking records while this administration plans to remove Title 42. It's almost like this guy wants to damage the nation so much that future Presidents just give up and continue the downward spiral. What levels does the press consider a crisis?

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I think its the opposite. The current administration wants to let so much go that when a different administration tries to do something about it they'll be called racist, sexist, or whatever kinda ism that applies

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The best way to curb illegal immigration is to open up more opportunities for legal immigration. If the US did that, it would drastically reduce the amount of people trying to cross into the US illegally, because currently it is virtually impossible for the majority of persons wanting to migrate to the US from the Southern Border to do so.

If Congress would get serious about it rather than grandstanding at the border like both sides of the isle have done to score cheap political points in the last 5 years (4 years of democrats doing it while Trump was in office (I'm looking at you AOC and the gang) and this past year with Biden in office (cough Majorie Taylor Greene, cough)) this issue wouldn't continue to get worse and worse.

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Hear me out now.....what if we actually enforce the laws on the books as opposed to having certain administrations that just ignore those laws for "reasons". Having consistency across the board as far as how the laws are enforced would go along way to correcting a lot of the issues that we see with immigration.

Once we begin to do this then we can look at the current laws in place in terms of immigration, decide when/how it best benefits the US to either increase or decrease immigration, and finally the lawmakers that we have elected to office can actually pass laws for this.

Instead what we get is an everchanging way we enforce laws depending on who is in power at the time, which means that its a free for all and no one knows what is actually going on. People complain about the humanitarian crisis of unaccompanied minors at the border for example....wanna know how to correct for that...stop letting them illegally cross the border. Eventually people who are trying to immigrate illegally will stop because they know that its not a free pass into this country anymore.

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cowboypack02 said:

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hokiewolf said:

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cowboypack02 said:

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PackFansXL said:

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https://www.nationalreview.com/news/border-patrol-apprehends-165000-migrants-in-february-up-60-percent-from-previous-year/

The surge continues breaking records while this administration plans to remove Title 42. It's almost like this guy wants to damage the nation so much that future Presidents just give up and continue the downward spiral. What levels does the press consider a crisis?

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I think its the opposite. The current administration wants to let so much go that when a different administration tries to do something about it they'll be called racist, sexist, or whatever kinda ism that applies

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The best way to curb illegal immigration is to open up more opportunities for legal immigration. If the US did that, it would drastically reduce the amount of people trying to cross into the US illegally, because currently it is virtually impossible for the majority of persons wanting to migrate to the US from the Southern Border to do so.

If Congress would get serious about it rather than grandstanding at the border like both sides of the isle have done to score cheap political points in the last 5 years (4 years of democrats doing it while Trump was in office (I'm looking at you AOC and the gang) and this past year with Biden in office (cough Majorie Taylor Greene, cough)) this issue wouldn't continue to get worse and worse.

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Hear me out now.....what if we actually enforce the laws on the books as opposed to having certain administrations that just ignore those laws for "reasons". Having consistency across the board as far as how the laws are enforced would go along way to correcting a lot of the issues that we see with immigration.

Once we begin to do this then we can look at the current laws in place in terms of immigration, decide when/how it best benefits the US to either increase or decrease immigration, and finally the lawmakers that we have elected to office can actually pass laws for this.

Instead what we get is an everchanging way we enforce laws depending on who is in power at the time, which means that its a free for all and no one knows what is actually going on. People complain about the humanitarian crisis of unaccompanied minors at the border for example....wanna know how to correct for that...stop letting them illegally cross the border. Eventually people who are trying to immigrate illegally will stop because they know that its not a free pass into this country anymore.

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caryking said:

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Keep an eye on the US dollar. Because the Biden admin has created an economic war against Russia's Ruble, they are now looking to move to another transactional currency (China Yuan). This morning Saudi Arabia is now exploring the same idea.

If the US dollar is no longer the world currency, that would mean we could no longer print money like we do. On the surface, that sounds like a good thing; however, is our system infrastructure able to handle this?

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hokiewolf said:

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cowboypack02 said:

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hokiewolf said:

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cowboypack02 said:

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PackFansXL said:

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https://www.nationalreview.com/news/border-patrol-apprehends-165000-migrants-in-february-up-60-percent-from-previous-year/

The surge continues breaking records while this administration plans to remove Title 42. It's almost like this guy wants to damage the nation so much that future Presidents just give up and continue the downward spiral. What levels does the press consider a crisis?

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I think its the opposite. The current administration wants to let so much go that when a different administration tries to do something about it they'll be called racist, sexist, or whatever kinda ism that applies

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The best way to curb illegal immigration is to open up more opportunities for legal immigration. If the US did that, it would drastically reduce the amount of people trying to cross into the US illegally, because currently it is virtually impossible for the majority of persons wanting to migrate to the US from the Southern Border to do so.

If Congress would get serious about it rather than grandstanding at the border like both sides of the isle have done to score cheap political points in the last 5 years (4 years of democrats doing it while Trump was in office (I'm looking at you AOC and the gang) and this past year with Biden in office (cough Majorie Taylor Greene, cough)) this issue wouldn't continue to get worse and worse.

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Hear me out now.....what if we actually enforce the laws on the books as opposed to having certain administrations that just ignore those laws for "reasons". Having consistency across the board as far as how the laws are enforced would go along way to correcting a lot of the issues that we see with immigration.

Once we begin to do this then we can look at the current laws in place in terms of immigration, decide when/how it best benefits the US to either increase or decrease immigration, and finally the lawmakers that we have elected to office can actually pass laws for this.

Instead what we get is an everchanging way we enforce laws depending on who is in power at the time, which means that its a free for all and no one knows what is actually going on. People complain about the humanitarian crisis of unaccompanied minors at the border for example....wanna know how to correct for that...stop letting them illegally cross the border. Eventually people who are trying to immigrate illegally will stop because they know that its not a free pass into this country anymore.

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The bolded part above, when has legal immigration hurt the US? If the goal is to end illegal immigration and reduce the amount of people trying to immigrate to the US, I think the best way to do that is to increase the availability of legal means. I know it sounds like I'm trying to be ironic, but I really think if you make it easier to get into the US legally, it will also reduce the amount of people trying to get into the US.

I have no issue what so ever for anyone to come into the US legally and try to improve their quality of life.

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