I have a better idea that will keep the troops at home.
Everyone says Americans are getting poorer and unemployment is to much (haha) and crap like that right?
Simple, kill two birds with one stone. Build a giant wall across the border, it will take hundreds of thousands of unskilled laborers. You get the plans, get someone to engineer it, throw up tents, pay an honest wage with 2 meals a day and they will come. It will be one of the biggest public service projects in history.
Not only will hundreds of thousands of Americans be employed and be given the opportunity to work and provide for their families, they will also be very strong from carrying all of those damn bricks AND they will be working towards a common goal which promotes team work and comradere.
So in the end we get a wall that costs 800 Million Dollars to build, a bunch of people who were able to get back on their feet (or at least be given the chance) becasue while they worked on the wall they got a doctor, a wage, free shelter, and free food (we have the food in our yearly crop surplus).
People go to work, get a chance to get back on their feet, send lots of money home, and people get happy. The whole time they get paid we get one step closer to having a giant wall accross the border.
Here are some problems people have with my solution...
1. It can't be done. It can, the Great Wall of China is visible from space, when was it built? The Hoover dam was used as a public service project, the Panama Canal, if anything, shows that we can build a wall.
2. What good will a wall do? It wont stop them, but it sure makes it harder, if you dig 15 feet down, and go 28 blocks thick it will be harder to dig under. You cant climb over a wall with razor wire, the Irelis and Germans have done it, it works. Nothing keeps them out, it does make it harder though.
Think about it, give 'em a reason to work, give them a chance to get PAID. If they think there is such a problem with the economy and jobs then democrats should be able to vote unanimously for my project. During this project we can cut down on the illegals comming over the borders while keeping our Guard soldiers at home.
Or, keep doing what we are doing, and watch them run the border.
Or call up the National Guard, I am sure that our soldiers would love to stand out on the border and turn the same people around day after day.
Keep in mind that the places along the border with the most traffic arent the places with walls and lights, they are the open and dark place.
Got a better idea?