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If securing the border differentially cuts off small-time operations more than it cuts off the cartels (even if it partly cuts off some cartel routes), it will
by whatshisface 4y ago
If securing the border differentially cuts off small-time operations more than it cuts off the cartels (even if it partly cuts off some cartel routes), it will raise the cartel's profits by causing prices to rise over and above the decline in sales. That's the basis of the argument that if you really wanted to get rid of cartels, you'd legalize drugs and let small operations make all of them.
- hunterb123 4y agoThey're making $13b/yr from human trafficking alone due to sheer volume. People already cannot pay the prices so they work it off once they get over to the US. The higher the price the less people they can convince to exploit. Make it more difficult for them, or is the strategy to just let them keep trafficking?
- whatshisface 4y agoOh, when you said securing the border I thought you meant against smuggling.
- hunterb123 4y agoYes, secure it against all types of smuggling. Drugs, humans, guns, etc. Cartels are diversified, but currently a big section of profits are from human exploitation and that's the easiest to stop.