Spokesman for the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy Rafael Lemaitre said, “If just one teen sees this and decides illegal drug use is not the path for them, it will be a success.“

That should just be rhetoric, but in the ONDCP’s case – it’s not. They can flush money down the toilet all day long and it will never effect their budget at all. If use goes up, they need more money! If use goes down, the program’s working – we need more money!

It wasn’t a literal comparison as much as a rhetorical one.

Surely the $7 billion wouldn’t be recouped by stopping “just one” illegal alien? If (let’s say) 10 million illegals are currently costing (let’s say) $30 billion per year, that means each one costs $3,000 annually, on average. So, if one crosses into the USA and stays for 100 years, he costs us $300,000. Using these figures, the $7-billion border fence would break even after stopping about 23,000 illegals.

Othere than that, I agree with your sentiments.

You’ve got me all wrong Terresa! I’m here to kiss ass with the establishment like a good Bushbot. My hobbies include, submission, masochism and hewing the Republican party line if that’s not getting a little too repetitive. I love puppies…er, well, coyotes anyway. And long walks on the border by flashlight.

And one day. Just maybe. Some of those checks from the bought and sold Reconquista Right will trickle down on me. Bump us all up in the Ecosystem. If they can trickle on everybody all at once, we might mistake it as a rising tide lifting all life rafts.

Have James Taranto take me out for taquitos and Cuervo shots until I’m a born-again borderjumper.