An Economic Wall

The first time I heard the President talking about building a wall on the border, I had assumed it was a metaphor for economics. Sadly, I was wrong.

I see the FTAs as a way of curbing a huge immigration problem by making the country that the immigrants are from easier to live in, economically. If there was industry, jobs to be had, etc in Mexico I doubt there would be waves of people walking North. This probably should have been the answer to communism in South America for the last 50 years or so. Democracy may not be able to defeat communism, but certainly Walmart and McDonalds can! How long would Cuba be communist if it were flooded with US dollars and jobs?

We shouldn't be trying to shield ourselves from these countries, we should be trying to make them economically viable, raise their standard of living, and create new markets for 'blue jeans and Bill Cosby tapes'.

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