Possible Bipartisan Border Plan

[mule_eer]

The Scientific American article is a few months old, but I heard an interview with the President of Purdue U (former Indiana governor) who wrote an oped in the Washington Post about this study recently. It seems like it should at least be worth a look. The basic idea is to set up wind and solar farms along the border, with some agricultural and business zones as well. Some of the generated power would be used to desalinate water from the Pacific and the Gulf to be used for some of the industry and agriculture. Parts of the security would be managed by the private industry security set up. I'm not saying it would definitely work, but it is something to investigate. That reduces the burden of BP agents, adds infrastructure and jobs on both sides of the border, and this might be a wall that Mexico would help finance given the added industrial and agricultural base for them. I skipped the oped, but the link is for the SA article.

https://blogs.scientificamerican.co...he-border-wall-with-an-energy-water-corridor/

 

[Airport]

The Scientific American article is a few months old, but I heard an interview with the President of Purdue U (former Indiana governor) who wrote an oped in the Washington Post about this study recently. It seems like it should at least be worth a look. The basic idea is to set up wind and solar farms along the border, with some agricultural and business zones as well. Some of the generated power would be used to desalinate water from the Pacific and the Gulf to be used for some of the industry and agriculture. Parts of the security would be managed by the private industry security set up. I'm not saying it would definitely work, but it is something to investigate. That reduces the burden of BP agents, adds infrastructure and jobs on both sides of the border, and this might be a wall that Mexico would help finance given the added industrial and agricultural base for them. I skipped the oped, but the link is for the SA article.

https://blogs.scientificamerican.co...he-border-wall-with-an-energy-water-corridor/

Machine gun nests are much easier to maintain and more economical. Bury them where they fall.

 

[boomerwv]

Machine gun nests are much easier to maintain and more economical. Bury them where they fall.

Gee....why can't there be a bipartisan compromise on immigration? Because one side is ******* nuts.

 

[WVU82_rivals]

 

[WVU82_rivals]

 

[dave]

Gee....why can't there be a bipartisan compromise on immigration? Because one side is ****ing nuts.

Not everyome on the left is nuts.

 

[moe]

This would be a disaster for Team Trump as they need this divisive issue to lie about and stir up the hate with.

 

[WVU82_rivals]

 

[dave]

This would be a disaster for Team Trump as they need this divisive issue to lie about and stir up the hate with.

That is ridiculous. It would be a huge win for Trump

 

[Shirley Knott]

Gee....why can't there be a bipartisan compromise on immigration? Because one side is ****ing nuts.

Happy you claim nutty buddies....

 

[Airport]

Gee....why can't there be a bipartisan compromise on immigration? Because one side is ****ing nuts.

cheaper than going through all this bull ****. You really only need to shoot a few a day, they'll quit breaking the law

 

[WVU82_rivals]

 

[roadtrasheer]

This would be a disaster for Team Trump as they need this divisive issue to lie about and stir up the hate with.

Please...its been an issue for generations, every president on both sides has flapped there lieing lips about it .....all ya have to do is look up Obama's words on it

 

[roadtrasheer]

The Scientific American article is a few months old, but I heard an interview with the President of Purdue U (former Indiana governor) who wrote an oped in the Washington Post about this study recently. It seems like it should at least be worth a look. The basic idea is to set up wind and solar farms along the border, with some agricultural and business zones as well. Some of the generated power would be used to desalinate water from the Pacific and the Gulf to be used for some of the industry and agriculture. Parts of the security would be managed by the private industry security set up. I'm not saying it would definitely work, but it is something to investigate. That reduces the burden of BP agents, adds infrastructure and jobs on both sides of the border, and this might be a wall that Mexico would help finance given the added industrial and agricultural base for them. I skipped the oped, but the link is for the SA article.

https://blogs.scientificamerican.co...he-border-wall-with-an-energy-water-corridor/

Dont know if that would work , but the job creation would be nice ...border security should be bipartisan & should not be an issue...at around 4 million a year just in tax fraud illegal immigrants are raping our country

 

[moe]

Please...its been an issue for generations, every president on both sides has flapped there lieing lips about it .....all ya have to do is look up Obama's words on it

The plan in the OP's article is too thoughtful, won't happen.

 

[WVUCOOPER]

Dont know if that would work , but the job creation would be nice ...border security should be bipartisan & should not be an issue...at around 4 million a year just in tax fraud illegal immigrants are raping our country

Hopefully no one builds a world wide web of tubes so that "illegals" can file fraudulent tax returns from outside the US. Gasp.

Border security IS a bipartisan. And both parties use extreme language to drum up their rubes.

 

[atlkvb]

The Scientific American article is a few months old, but I heard an interview with the President of Purdue U (former Indiana governor) who wrote an oped in the Washington Post about this study recently. It seems like it should at least be worth a look. The basic idea is to set up wind and solar farms along the border, with some agricultural and business zones as well. Some of the generated power would be used to desalinate water from the Pacific and the Gulf to be used for some of the industry and agriculture. Parts of the security would be managed by the private industry security set up. I'm not saying it would definitely work, but it is something to investigate. That reduces the burden of BP agents, adds infrastructure and jobs on both sides of the border, and this might be a wall that Mexico would help finance given the added industrial and agricultural base for them. I skipped the oped, but the link is for the SA article.

https://blogs.scientificamerican.co...he-border-wall-with-an-energy-water-corridor/

I like the idea that it recognizes our border needs to be enforced. It also tacitly admits Americans fundamentally are NOT opposed to migrant workers as long as they follow a legal process coming here. We're against ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION. This deserves more attention.

Good post mule!

 

[roadtrasheer]

Hopefully no one builds a world wide web of tubes so that "illegals" can file fraudulent tax returns from outside the US. Gasp.

Border security IS a bipartisan. And both parties use extreme language to drum up their rubes.

Im sure they can do it thru the web ...but how much is done at h&r block ..

 

[atlkvb]

Please...its been an issue for generations, every president on both sides has flapped there lieing lips about it .....all ya have to do is look up Obama's words on it

Democrats easily forget how they voted for a wall before they voted against it.[winking]

 

[WVUCOOPER]

Im sure they can do it thru the web ...but how much is done at h&r block ..

I'll see if I can find you an answer, but I'd bet the overwhelming majority of the fraud occurs via free online filing programs. Also, the IRS is MUCH better at detecting these now.