Walls

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Folks,

Although New Orleans is down to 190,000 people for lack of repair,
our gov't is funding a wall with Mexico, which will certainly
inhibit trade.

It brings to mind that other great wall, the Berlin Wall which I
first saw in 1975. We know why the Berlin wall was built of course,
to keep East Berliners in. It was quite cruel, manipulative, hard
core communist thug politics.

But what was the official East German reason for the Wall? What
excuse could they use to sell such a monstrosity to the East German
people? Believe it or not, they claimed it was to to keep West
Berliners out of East Berlin, to protect the East German way of life
from West German and Western lawlessness. The chief reasons were
three:

1. Economic... West Europeans come to live in East Berlin, because
East Germany is a welfare state. West Germans come for free
education, welfare, medicine.hurting the East Germany economy.

2. Some West Germans work in East Germany, and spend in West Germany.
They take jobs from East Germans.

3. Security... spies, terrorists, etc come from West into East.

Now of course, this may all be true, but to build a wall is nonsense
as a response, I sure felt it cruel and thuggish then. The worst
part of course, is the East Germans would kill people who tried to go
from East Berlin to West Berlin.

Let's look at the reasons USA is building a wall with Mexico.

1. Economic... Mexicans come to live in USA, because USA is a welfare
state. Mexicans come for free education, welfare, medicine.hurting
the USA economy.

2. Some Mexicans work in USA, and spend in Mexico. They take jobs
from Americans.

3. Security... spies, terrorists, etc come from Mexico into USA.

Same reasons as East Germany! Now of course, this may all be true,
but to build a wall is nonsense as a response, I sure feel it cruel
and thuggish now. The worst part of course, is
US security officers already have killed people, including US
citizens, who try to escape into Mexico, instead of letting Mexico
arrest them. (As West Germany arrested anyone escaping from the
East, at least until they can determine why they left... Asylum...?
criminal?)

Is a wall with Mexico a good idea for USA? Is it the best we can
come up with? Will it serve someday to keep us in?

I am not worried whether or not our leadership is like the old East
German thugs, I just wonder if the American people are any different
than the German people.

John Spiers

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