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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

H.L. Mencken

Thursday, September 21, 2017

A New Refugee Issue

Puerto Rico has been absolutely leveled by Hurricane Maria.  It was already in a free-floating economic crisis, and now they are likely going to be suffering a long, slow recovery.  Schools, hospitals, roads, homes...all destroyed.

Surprisingly few people understand that citizens of Puerto Rico are also citizens of the United States.  Many of them have extended family in the US, and they are likely to flee here as their country wallows in the misery that the combination of poverty and a natural disaster can bring.

It is with sickening certainty that I predict that Fox News and Trump supporters will double down on the Wall as a response to American citizens coming to America.

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