Our Southern Border Crisis

I think that the vast majority of us understand the fentanyl problem in the US is a major one; that the real cause of the problem is not the dealers, but the Americans who are hooked on drugs. These addicts have always been a problem in modern America and will continue to be so.

Since there is so much money to be made from it, stopping the problem in one place will merely result in it moving to a different place, like the little Dutch boy sticking his finger in the leaks in the dyke.

But what can we do? Build Trump's wall? That is about the stupidest thing I've ever heard, and Tim Scott and the other idiots who support wasting tax dollars on a wall are morons. Vote for someone else. This is why:

"the vast majority of illicit fentanyl — close to 90% — is seized at official border crossings. Immigration authorities say nearly all of that is smuggled by people who are legally authorized to cross the border, and more than half by U.S. citizens like Haley. Virtually none is seized from migrants seeking asylum."

That's right. The majority of fentanyl is brought here through legal check points by Americans. Not by people sneaking across the border. Not by the long lines of refugees Fox strangely shows.

I also find it strange that Republicans are in an uproar about the border anyhow. They don't give two shits about drug addicts, and place little value on human life in general, as evidenced by their constant battle to reduce social programs. Could it be they feel threatened by brown folks?

Let's get real. A wall solves nothing. Abbott's razor wire makes the US look no better than Russia. We have to address the real problem, which is the American desire for drugs.

We learned from prohibition that it doesn't work. It only made the mafia wealthy. The same thing is happening today. So like booze we should simply legalize all drugs. That's right, I have finally come to understand that is the only solution.

Legalize and put the illegal drug cartels out of business. Use tax money from drug sales to expand addiction rehab programs. Help the addicts get off drugs.

Folks, building a wall and trying to fight the cartel to solve America's drug problems works about as well as prohibiting liquor and marijuana and closing taverns.

So please, if any candidate for president proclaims that we must build a very expensive wall to solve our "southern border crisis" (as Fox describes it) don't vote for that person. They are either totally lacking in intelligence, or are disrespecting your intelligence.

https://www.npr.org/2023/08/09/1191638114/fentanyl-smuggling-migrants-mexico-border-drugs?fbclid=IwAR2FoqTi87-2Ye2Qrwn5wrdOQfX_QL1yRLWu2epNJr0bujYOacu-OZqQM6s#:~:text=Fenta