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Please respond to the Forum questions listed below. You are expected to give complete answers referring to what you have read in the "Lessons" (reading & resources). Reference to, or the use of critical thinking, analysis, what you have learned in previous courses, the media, and in your professional lives is also expected. Define the subject; make references to what you have read, what you have learned elsewhere, and then form a response.
Instructions: Your initial post should be at least 350 words. Please respond to a least 2 other students. Response should be a minimum of 150 words and include direct questions. When addressing the topic questions, you are to state the question followed by your response. Do this for each question posed.
1) Is it cost effective to spend millions of dollars in an effort to stop a hand-full of people" who are bound to terrorize the United States? What is NAFTA and GATT ? How have they changed throughout Presidential Administrations?
2) What is the "Hardened Border Paradox? What is the "Open Border Paradox? How can both be overcome?
Explanation & Answer
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Running head: CROSS-BORDER POLICIES
Cross-Border Policies
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CROSS-BORDER POLICIES
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Cross-border policies
Part 1: Terrorism prevention and trade tariffs
It is justified for the US to spend millions of dollars each year to stop a handful of
people from terrorizing the US. While this may seem as a wastage of funds by the federal
government, the government ends up saving a lot more while protecting its welfare. For
instance, while it is estimated that the 9/11 attackers spend less than $50,000 to carry out the
attack, both direct and indirect costs arising from the attacks have been estimated to surpass
$4 trillion to the nation leading to 2050 (Blakely, 2011; Shinkman, 2016). This is not to
mention the negative effect that such attacks pose on the nation in ...