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Old 08-07-2017, 10:22 PM  
Paul Markham
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Originally Posted by Rochard View Post
Paul, our unemployment is in the 4% range. Unemployment has been cut in half in the past six years before Trump took office.

There is no reason to invest hundreds of billions of dollars into a wall to deal with a problem that no longer exists.
Your real unemployment is closer to 10% if it were higher there would be more competition for jobs leading to higher wages and more taxes paid. The other points still remain, the effect it has on your crime, taxes and borrowing is devastating.
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