And they say we can’t afford to tariff Mexico in retaliation for the open borders and drugs.
What we can’t afford is more of this:
$2.7 trillion spent on the fallout of the fentanyl crisis during just one year of Biden’s term, according to this study. That dwarfs whatever costs might be estimated to be incurred from a trade war with Mexico and Canada.
From Fox News:
The Council of Economic Advisers, an agency within the executive office that advises the president on economic policy, released a study on Friday, detailing that the opioid epidemic cost the U.S. $2.7 trillion in 2023 when considering costs related to loss of life, loss of quality of life, loss of labor force productivity, crime and costs to the health care system.
The opioid epidemic has raged for years, primarily inflamed by the use of fentanyl, which is a synthetic opioid that chiefly originates in China and comes to the U.S. over the Mexico border …
The study, however, argues that the costs of the opioid epidemic.’
This isn’t even including the human cost of fentanyl. The lives lost and ruined due to the dangerous drug flowing across our border unchecked for 4 years. […]
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