Colossal waste of money for a feel good item.
It won't stop much of anything. Our border is much too large, with way too much coastline. Plus I've heard some say no need to build the wall by the Rio Grande, like it is some kind of barrier to entry.
I also do not like that they will have to take land from people in order to build it. In many cases, people who do not want to lose their land.
I'm mostly in the leave it be camp, but I do think there are some areas where adding some wall/border protection, or repairing/beefing up what we already have, might be of value. But I don't want a "magnificent" Great Wall o' China thing going on where it has to be built and manned up and down the border. Just pick the spots where that might add value and do it there.
Two things: Spelling is important in showing the pollster really cares about his survey.
Bacon.
Unfortunately the common sense approach was abandoned as soon as The Trump Train left the station.
Colossal waste of money for a feel good item.
It won't stop much of anything. Our border is much too large, with way too much coastline. Plus I've heard some say no need to build the wall by the Rio Grande, like it is some kind of barrier to entry.
I also do not like that they will have to take land from people in order to build it. In many cases, people who do not want to lose their land.
Being secure appeals to many people. That's a temperamental construct. That's a construct of biology and nurture and according to research seems to be set by the toddler stage. It's personality. Some people like order. So the idea having secured borders appeals to them. Big deal. Those people are just going to see it differently from you. You needling them isn't going to change their minds. If anything will, it will be reality. Not you.
The Mexico paying for it part, well, that's a sort of tribalism, I think. At least, as of this post, anyway, among the "more wall" opinions, 10:1 don't care if Mexico pays for it. So probably you should stop preaching to those who don't actually think what you think they think, or people might think you have issues with reading comprehension.
Besides the fact that the wall is a (election winning) good idea, I love seeing libs get their panties in a twist over it. You know it's a good job, when the enemy is pissed off.
I giggle every time I see discussion by those who continually said "there's never gonna be a wall."
A wall alone won't accomplish anything. An obstacle has to be manned and protected to be effective, else it's just a speed bump.