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Private land-owners and the border
Silverking
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Anybody have any clue what percentage of the US/Mexican border backs into privately held land on the American side? Maybe we the people of the United States of Non Wating Around Anymore to Be Sold Out By Our Own Government of America (aka USNWAABSOBOOG) could build our own wall?
I would donate to a project like this.
I would donate to a project like this.
Comments
Most of these ranchers talking about "their land" are actually talking about their LEASED land, which we (the taxpayers) are actually losing money (subsidizing it) on!
Cattle ranching in the west is a bad proposition for everyone. Bad for the land, bad for the tax payer, and the rancher can barely make ends meet because of the multiple problems of raising cattle somewhere they shouldn't be raised.
IF you get a chance to talk to the ranchers on the border, you'll quickly find out that the "walkers" (what we call the people walking into the US) are actually causing VERY little of the problems (compared to the smugglers). Problems caused by them are trash, problems caused by the smugglers are cut fences, dead cattle, etc.
The majority of the problems are caused by drug smugglers, and the Mexican Federales.
If you are near the border, and see black/dark colored 4x4s on the road, get away.....they are drug smugglers. They usually make runs at night, and have most of their lights blacked out. They are the ones who'll kill you without asking any questions......
Merc
Until things get better in latin America and people can make a living there it will not change. My dad used to say, any thing one man can lock, another man can get to. Locks help honest people stay honest. That is also true of the border.