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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: mungofitch 🐝🐝🐝 GOLD
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Subject: Re: Barrons on Railroads and Tariffs
Date: 02/05/25 2:13 PM
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"LeDuff told NewsNation that, in the last four years, around 500 people on the terror watch list crossed into the U.S. from the Mexico border. Those crossing from Canada totaled nearly 1,000, he said.

Umm, what does that have to do with drug smuggling, the subject under discussion?

Besides, most terrorists in the US are American born. Imports are (to date) pretty trivial in number by comparison. So there are probably better ways to focus the attention, for example having a well run and impartial FBI.

Canadians are plainly much more at risk from Americans than vice versa, on so so many fronts. Of course Canadians are far from unique in that regard, I suppose, so I shouldn't complain.

As I've posted a few times over the last few years, I've been gradually reducing my US exposure over time due to the jurisdiction risk. It's slow work, since it's usually a great place for amoral plutocrats like me to make wads of money.

Jim
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