The âcoyotes,â depraved low-lifes who care far more for money than for human life as they smuggle desperate human beings across the Mexican border into Texas, have become emboldened.
As Border Patrol agents have become preoccupied with a humanitarian crisis and less available to patrol the border, there are an estimated 1,000 âgotawaysâ a day on the southern border. Thatâs illegal migrants who make it safely into the United States.
And yet in the four months of 2021, authorities in Brookes County, Texas, have recovered 22 human remains, each representing people with names and families. Thatâs almost as many as were recovered all of last year, and itâs just one county in one massive state.
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Two of them were in the spotlight recently.
One is the aversion to bonding; the other is to taxing tobacco.
Bonding is borrowing money to accomplish a project. The North Dakota Legislature rarely considers this alternative, but this year the stars have aligned to bring bonding back to the table.
Low interest rates make it more attractive than normal, because the borrowed money, bonds, can be paid back much quicker at much lower cost. Plus, we have some $8 billion in the bank that is accumulating earnings faster than the bonds would consume them. Those Legacy Fund earnings could be employed to easily pay off the bonds, which would fund projects that create jobs and meet critical needs for our future.