Posts Made By: Greg Shaffer

Originally Posted by James Brown

Hi Dave:

Here is a journal article to read, if you are actually interested in Reagan's actual policies versus the common and tedious attacks made against a caricature of conservative economic policies.  

http://www.webcitation.org/6AvD7JHEC

Jim

Originally Posted by David Fontaine

Hello,
I listed an item about a week or so ago.  It isn't posting because it requires confirmation apparently?  What do I need to do to resolve this?
Thanks
DAF

Originally Posted by James Lacey

So, now the NY TIMES is not fake news?

Color me skeptical since it seems impossible to believe that Mexico implemented any meaningful solution to curb migrant flow in less than a week. Color me even more skeptical the problem is solved. It's way more complicated than a simple crackdown will fix.

From the article:

But their recent enforcement efforts aside, Mexican officials admit that their southern border is highly porous, with thousands of migrants slipping across every month through hundreds of known illegal crossings.

Along the Suchiate River, which marks part of the border between Mexico and Guatemala, scores of rafts cross within view of an official border bridge. Made of wooden planks lashed to tire inner tubes, they float back and forth throughout the day, openly carrying undocumented migrants, local residents and black-market goods.

According to the raftsmen, the recent crackdown by the Mexican authorities has not affected their illegal traffic. Marvin Garcia, a veteran raftsman, said that at just the crossing he works, more than 150 undocumented migrants had crossed during a recent two-day period.

As for the Mexican border patrol and other security forces, “they spin through from time to time, nothing more,” he said, adding, “They don’t do anything.”

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

Yeah, the tariffs aimed at Mexico are such a great idea that Republican senators are rallying against it:
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/04/trump-mexico-tariffs-senate-1353180
Oh, I also got a kick out of Mexico's latest response to the tariffs. If we hit them, they hit us by specifically directing their tariffs at pro-Trump states!  If Greg's state gets hammered, I'll be laughing my ass off...

Originally Posted by James Lacey

My spin is from the article you cited as evidence that the tariffs were working. Jeez, just admit you didn't RTFA and move on.