(06-08-2019, 08:30 AM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(06-08-2019, 08:19 AM)mikesez Wrote: I don't think that's actually how stuff works. Yes, Mexico could stop most of these people.  But
Mexico's government is supposed to make Mexicans safe and happy.  It's unreasonable to expect them to do the bidding of Americans without compensation.

Okay, here's your "compensation."  You do what you ought to be doing in the first place, help us out, and we won't hit you with this 2x4.  

We have a crisis on the border.  Even the so-called mainstream media says that.  Congress refuses to do anything about it.  Mexico is allowing this to happen, even though they have the ability to help ameliorate the situation.  

Sometimes, in the real world, you have to twist arms to get what you need.  This is one time I agree with Trump.  This stuff needs to stop.

I don't think we get to tell other countries what they ought to be doing. Something is either in the other country's interests or it's not.
How would you like it if Mexico told us that we ought to be restricting gun sales within our country, and they would place tariffs on us if we did not?
Or if Canada told us that we ought to have more universal health care, and they would impose tariffs if we did not?

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