Someone has already pointed this out, but it bears repeating. For that to actually be true, they would need to cost more from the budget than they add to it through both direct taxation, and the tax revenue generated through the effects of their labor and other economic activity on the GDP. Virtually all studies show that they're actually a net benefit there.

Perhaps for the LEGAL migrants...but not for the ILLEGAL migrants...they are a burden on the US taxpayer.....they're usually paid under the table, off the books and are the ones clogging up our ERs and classrooms.

But,, but, but.....I thought "Data Centers == Bad"...?

Ellison's Paramount Skydance Warner Bros Discovery - and movies/TV can be very subtle in pushing a narrative or shaping public opinion.

As opposed to all the subtle (and lately not so subtle) narratives the current folks have been pushing for years now?

Having a GPS array and correlating signals from the array can 100% prevent this. Bigger the vehicle, better it will work. In the worst case, you won't get GPS signal, but you want get fake GPS data. Minimum 3 gps receivers are needed. Put 1 at the front and 2 at the rare on right and left side. Correlate the signals. The spoofed signals will give different readings on each of them. The real one will give different values but will match the exact distances by which they are separated.

In the grand scheme of things someone being here illegally and working construction is about last on my list of priorities

They bother me.

They are taking up housing that US citizens could use....everyone keeps complaining about needing more housing, eh?

They are a burden on our schools and other public resources.

They are dead weight on our medical system...in many cities they overrun the ERs of hospitals making it difficult for true US citizens to get emergency care in their own country.

Just a few examples.,,....the US budget would save a lot of money if they were GONE.

It turns out that immigrants commit fewer crimes than citizen

There you go again, conflating ILLEGAL migrants with LEGAL migrants, especially those that actually wish to come legally and become US citizens because they want to melt in and believe in our principals ans way of life.

Add some guard towers with machine guns and the border is starting to look like post WW2 Berlin.

Except in Berlin they were trying to keep people IN....there's a big difference from letting people freely leave if they want....and invasion from foreign entities.

Frankly, iI'd be all for settting up our snipers, they could get some free practice...

And a No Man's land....complete with a field along the border of land mines.

Ok I have a name for the project...

Operation: Hot Tamale

Thank you...thank you....I'll be here all week...

Am I the only one that finds her to be somewhat strangely attractive ?

She's not beautiful by any stretch.....but something about her, maybe the big eyes....I find somewhat attractive.

Anyone else?

Yes, but they are very late to this. People have been complaining about this bloat for years. And it truly is bloat. It is bad programming and poor UI design all in the name of trying to monetize the systems because Microsoft has been slowly trying to convert to either SaaS and/or adware/AI-ware financed. So it is more important to them that their agents run in the background watching everything you do on your computer so they can monetize your information and show ads to you in unnecessary widgets than it is for having clean, efficient code. All of this uses more and more resources from the physical system, and causes these requirements creep as they continue to stack item after item into the system. I don't want my computer system's OS effectively spying on everything I have my computer do and transmitting it back to Microsoft so that they can train AI agents and generate "user information" for targeted advertisement campaigns.

...Now, does anyone have a spare $30K they could loan me?

I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a......

Are there any wearable countermeasures available to wear that will at least notify you these devices are in your vicinity....and, even better, emit some kind of signal or sound that will fsck up any AI recordings going on around you?

"Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.â

I think we're seeing this in droves right now....

Do not taunt (Happy Fun) Claude...

"...99 luftballoons...."