Victor Davis Hanson
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Minorities, it's a way of hiring minorities in percentages greater than their demographics. And no one says much of it. It's a very coveted position to work for the post office. It's guaranteed almost lifetime employment. And it pays very well. And it's not, I mean, it can be dangerous if you're a mail carrier, I suppose, with dogs and stuff. And it's an iconic idea.
Minorities, it's a way of hiring minorities in percentages greater than their demographics. And no one says much of it. It's a very coveted position to work for the post office. It's guaranteed almost lifetime employment. And it pays very well. And it's not, I mean, it can be dangerous if you're a mail carrier, I suppose, with dogs and stuff. And it's an iconic idea.
Minorities, it's a way of hiring minorities in percentages greater than their demographics. And no one says much of it. It's a very coveted position to work for the post office. It's guaranteed almost lifetime employment. And it pays very well. And it's not, I mean, it can be dangerous if you're a mail carrier, I suppose, with dogs and stuff. And it's an iconic idea.
So my only point of all this rambling is that every conservative, even George W. Bush, I think Trump mentioned it the first time, they all look at the post office and they say, why is the government delivering mail? Do we have a federal power company? Do we have a federal gasoline company? And let's get rid of it because it's inefficient. It costs too much money.
So my only point of all this rambling is that every conservative, even George W. Bush, I think Trump mentioned it the first time, they all look at the post office and they say, why is the government delivering mail? Do we have a federal power company? Do we have a federal gasoline company? And let's get rid of it because it's inefficient. It costs too much money.
So my only point of all this rambling is that every conservative, even George W. Bush, I think Trump mentioned it the first time, they all look at the post office and they say, why is the government delivering mail? Do we have a federal power company? Do we have a federal gasoline company? And let's get rid of it because it's inefficient. It costs too much money.
And we have FedEx and UPS and we have email. And every time they try to do it, they're on the wrong side of public opinion. Yeah.
And we have FedEx and UPS and we have email. And every time they try to do it, they're on the wrong side of public opinion. Yeah.
And we have FedEx and UPS and we have email. And every time they try to do it, they're on the wrong side of public opinion. Yeah.
Well, the latter first, he's got a little bit of a problem because they've been so spectacular at discouraging illegal immigration through they've stopped catch and release. They've stopped refugee status applied after you get here. You have to apply for it in Mexico. I've been told they're restarting the wall. There's great morale there. And they've stopped these apps.
Well, the latter first, he's got a little bit of a problem because they've been so spectacular at discouraging illegal immigration through they've stopped catch and release. They've stopped refugee status applied after you get here. You have to apply for it in Mexico. I've been told they're restarting the wall. There's great morale there. And they've stopped these apps.
Well, the latter first, he's got a little bit of a problem because they've been so spectacular at discouraging illegal immigration through they've stopped catch and release. They've stopped refugee status applied after you get here. You have to apply for it in Mexico. I've been told they're restarting the wall. There's great morale there. And they've stopped these apps.
I haven't gone to the Fresno Air Terminal lately at night, but I've been told that it's vastly reduced. My point is there's not a lot of people coming in the border now. I think it's less than 40. So the impetus or the direction of enforcement is now interior. In other words, we can live with probably... 30 or 40,000 illegal aliens.
I haven't gone to the Fresno Air Terminal lately at night, but I've been told that it's vastly reduced. My point is there's not a lot of people coming in the border now. I think it's less than 40. So the impetus or the direction of enforcement is now interior. In other words, we can live with probably... 30 or 40,000 illegal aliens.
I haven't gone to the Fresno Air Terminal lately at night, but I've been told that it's vastly reduced. My point is there's not a lot of people coming in the border now. I think it's less than 40. So the impetus or the direction of enforcement is now interior. In other words, we can live with probably... 30 or 40,000 illegal aliens.
We're going to curtail them to zero probably, but there are 12 million under Biden and there was 20 million here before. And we've got the first iteration to deal with. We've only deported, I think it's 80,000. We've got 500,000 people that may have had criminal records and we've got another million and a half who've already been given their deportation orders. They were not refugees.
We're going to curtail them to zero probably, but there are 12 million under Biden and there was 20 million here before. And we've got the first iteration to deal with. We've only deported, I think it's 80,000. We've got 500,000 people that may have had criminal records and we've got another million and a half who've already been given their deportation orders. They were not refugees.
We're going to curtail them to zero probably, but there are 12 million under Biden and there was 20 million here before. And we've got the first iteration to deal with. We've only deported, I think it's 80,000. We've got 500,000 people that may have had criminal records and we've got another million and a half who've already been given their deportation orders. They were not refugees.
They've gone through the system and they've fled. So we've got about 2 million people we have to deport. And it's very hard when you have 600 sanctuary city jurisdictions and you have uncooperative local authorities in blue states. And it's very expensive. And they haven't got enough authorization from Congress. And so Donald Trump is very impatient.
They've gone through the system and they've fled. So we've got about 2 million people we have to deport. And it's very hard when you have 600 sanctuary city jurisdictions and you have uncooperative local authorities in blue states. And it's very expensive. And they haven't got enough authorization from Congress. And so Donald Trump is very impatient.