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Virtual fence a virtual failure. As regulars hear well remember, I said this would happen. “The government will replace its highly touted “virtual fence” on the Arizona-Mexico border with new towers, radars, cameras and computer software, scrapping the brand-new $20 million system because it doesn’t work sufficiently, officials said.”

Not only $20 mil pissed away, the cost of replacing it,"DHS will put in about 17 new towers, some holding just communications gear, others featuring new cameras or new radars, at an undetermined cost.”, but redoing the entire mess and an “undetermined cost” to boot.

That $20 mil could have built one hell of a lot of fence, not to mention the massive amount of money that will now be pissed away “fixing” this complete failure.

So, gang, question of the day. Why are tax payers having to pay to straighten this boondoggle out? We didn’t screw it up. And yet we are paying for it. Twice. Hell, most likely 3,4, even 10 times over. Because they are still wasting money on building more “virtual fences”, on top of reworking this current failure.

Here is a hint, Uncle Sugar, to stop illegal immigration you have to have a REAL fence, with guards carrying REAL weapons. Not sitting at computer consoles, playing the DHS equivalent of pong and asteroids.