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This may be the one clear truth of the so-called border issue: put a poor country next to a rich one and watch which way the traffic flows. add impediments, the traffic endeavors to flow around them. eilimate disparity. the traffic stops.
-George Saunders
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This May Be The One Clear Truth

George Saunders
This may be the one clear truth of the so-called border issue: put a poor country next to a rich one and watch which way the traffic flows. add impediments, the traffic endeavors to flow around them. eilimate disparity. the traffic stops.
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