• ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works
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    5 days ago

    That is remarkably cost-effective.

    The government has spent more than $200 million to advertise CBP Home — and nearly 38,000 people have used the app to leave the U.S.

    But it sounds like they’re not including the amortized advertisement costs in that number. This would add $5,263 per person.

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      5 days ago

      Now calculate the loss tax revenue from those people… because taking bets, people with the means to willing relocate has the means to pay decently in taxes…

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    3 days ago

    So say I wanted to vacation in London. Not being English, could I get them to deport me back to the US?

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      5 days ago

      Not every single news article has to be an in-depth analysis of the exact state of the U.S. to your satisfaction.