I just follow the expert advise because I do not have the qualifications to question them. Now there are always going to be outliers and sometimes those outliers will be right, but I go with the consensus.
How do you know who is an expert?
People stopped reporting covid cases and as long as hospitals are able to cope, it is much like the flu.
What I mean is, U.K. reported 3x greater antibody response when 2nd dose given 12 weeks later.
But they did not report difference in infection/death/hospitalization rate between the "3 weeks later" and "12 weeks later" cohorts after one year.
"able to cope", but we are being pressured to get multiple boosters. Although, infection rate is not improved (beyond first few weeks after booster), but we are told it greatly reduces hospitalization and death. So U.K.'s data regarding timing of 2nd dose would be very interesting.
Isn't that what has been happening in your country? "U.S. authorities made more than 2 million immigration arrests along the southern border during the past 11 months"
No, by and large the population of people not legally here are legally protected by state and local governments.
It would be illegal if I, as a landlord, even asked a prospective tenant anything about his immigration status.
Sure, but pure capitalism requires the free movement of goods and labour.
The movement, not necessarily the free movement.
We can decide to search imports with drug-sniffing dogs. Not allow opium or fentanyl.
We can set worker, child labor, environmental laws. And prohibit imports from places where we disagree with practices.
We can limit employment to citizens and legal residents, not permit people living in another country's slum without running water, without sewage treatment plants, without vaccination against communicable diseases, from working for lower wages and taking jobs that would otherwise support American and pay enough to cover such health related services.
I got a solution for that. You might call it "slavery", but it is allowed by our constitution when inmates are involved.
Costs me $106,000 per year per inmate (including $32,000 in health care.)
My own health care costs $12,000 per year for full coverage.
Newsom just signed a bill providing full health care for illegal aliens. At a cost to the government of $3500/year (which makes me mad - can you guess why?)
And how would you regulate interstate commerce without controlling those state borders?
We do. Agricultural checkpoints, for instance. Cars returning from Reno/Tahoe with skis etc. are waved through, and semi trucks are inspected.
It is a porous border, but people who are caught breaking the law would be dealt with in some manner. This is our business.
Not quite that easy, if you are part of the EU, you have to conform to EU rules. You are even required to allow bids for contracts from contractors from other EU nations.
Perfectly easy. Every person and every country should be able to enter into contracts. Then be held to those contracts. Countries weight the costs and benefits of joining E.U. Bailing out Greece was one such cost. Is it true that Germany, a productive country, has had to subsidize the irresponsibility of others? U.K. apparently had second thoughts about being part of E.U.
There are also international agreements on travel. You can change those rules at a whim, but then you shouldn't be surprised when other nations retaliate.
Sure. All about freedom.
U.S. started charging Brazilians $75 and photographing them with passport.
Brazil starting charging U.S. citizens $75 and photographing them with passport.
Couple of American Airlines pilots held up their passports with a hand that was flipping off the officer photographing them.
Flipping off an officer is recognized by the U.S. Supreme Court as constitutionally protected free speech. But in Brazil it is a crime
Yeah, but a wall won't fix that problem.
Really, they allow wanted criminals go free instead of checking if they are wanted by the FBI?
Not leaving out cat food would help.
Arresting and jailing law enforcement officers and legislators to refuse to comply with federal immigration laws would be a start.
Yes, in Sanctuary Cities, the official policy is to release onto the streets anyone who would be subject to deportation.
Perhaps if wanted by the FBI not by INS (now Homeland Security), they would cooperate. But a convicted felon who slipped back into the U.S. was arrested in San Francisco. Although the Feds wanted him, he was released onto the streets. He later found a gun, played with it, discharged it killing a young woman walking on the pier. Prosecutors charged him with "Murder", presumably because he would have to be acquitted of that; one must have the intent to kill (or certain other things) to be convicted. The shot he fired ricocheted off the ground, no aiming or intent.
Yes, in the U.S. some rabid Liberals want criminals to be dealt with as compassionately as possible. And to throw the book at citizens or police officers stopping or defending against crimes. Some people have a criminal history of 20, 30 or more violent and serious crimes. Just keep getting turned loose.
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They had big muscles and soft hands.