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How is a wide open southern border "secure"?
It's not wide open. That is fallacious. The number of "encounters" the BP has proves that. Over 1.9M in the past year (which is down from previous years after COVID). I agree that the law is in need of revision, but that is up to Congress.
There is a lot more to security than just the southern border. We are much more secure now that we've patched relations with our allies (whom the convict alienated), resumed our opposition to totalitarianism (mostly...looking at you, Saudi Arabia whom we continue to allow to skate), and backing that opposition with materiel and support.
People are spending, but it's all going on credit cards.
As it has been for a very long time. Household debt has been on a steady incline since the end of the Obama administration, through both a Dem and a Rep POTUS.
Can young people afford to buy a house today?
Nope. But that has a lot of factors, including that home building has never recovered from the real estate crash over 15 years ago. Builders aren't building because they are -among other factors- wanting a "sure return" and a maximal return. Which they get by restricting supply, driving prices up. Rehabs generally aren't directed for lower-income renters. It's luxury condos. I don't recall the details now, but Kalamazoo is taking steps to alleviate that (I only remember because "Kalamazoo" doesn't enter the news very often).
