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Michael
May 12th 2010, 08:10 PM
I picked these from the answers to a quiz in Foreign Policy magazine. I'm sharing them because they are very interesting 'factoids'. :)

1. In order to deport the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants in the United States en masse, it would take more than 200,000 buses, stretching more than 1,800 miles, according to a Center for American Progress report. The cost would be nearly $300 billion over five years.

3. Afghanistan's insurgent-overrun country may have a per capita GDP of only $461 and and unemployment rate of 40 percent, but its economy was booming last year at an estimated rate of 15.7 percent, according to the IMF.

5. Australian users of social-networking sites spent an average of almost 7 hours using such online services in December 2009 - Americans were second at 6 hours, 9 minutes, while the Japanese were third at 2 hours, 50 minutes - according to data analyzed by Nielsen.

The first one explains why mass deportation and/or 'touch and go' policies are entirely non-functional policies in the US immigration debate. The second has been financed by the US taxpayer and the third one is just plain surprising! :D

Donkey
May 12th 2010, 08:22 PM
The first one doesn't even begin to address the constitutional "cost!"

The Drunk Guy
May 12th 2010, 08:57 PM
The first one doesn't even begin to address the constitutional "cost!"
:facepalm:

Michael
May 12th 2010, 09:15 PM
The first one doesn't even begin to address the constitutional "cost!"

The US constitution has proven itself to be remarkably 'flexible' over its lifespan. It was originally able to tolerate slavery - but politics does change over time. ;)

I also believe that the US Constitution can and will be used to support just about anything that a majority of the people demand be done. In this way, the US Constitution is much like the Bible. :lol:

Non Sequitur
May 12th 2010, 09:26 PM
The US constitution has proven itself to be remarkably 'flexible' over its lifespan. It was originally able to tolerate slavery - but politics does change over time. ;)

I also believe that the US Constitution can and will be used to support just about anything that a majority of the people demand be done. In this way, the US Constitution is much like the Bible. :lol:

That only became a problem after radical Protestantism (aka the foundation for most of the American Church) decided to through out the idea of Church Tradition. It was an overreaction against Catholicism...

Fact one is really interesting though. Good little fact for immigration debates.