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The next level stupidity is a feature not a bug (Original Post) Soph0571 Jun 2022 OP
Unfing believable Joinfortmill Jun 2022 #1
Joe should let all drugs come across the border so Republicans can't attack him by pointing out sop Jun 2022 #2
I told them "less seizing please!" SoonerPride Jun 2022 #3
On the one hand, this does sound stupid, but ... Hugh_Lebowski Jun 2022 #4

sop

(10,090 posts)
2. Joe should let all drugs come across the border so Republicans can't attack him by pointing out
Sun Jun 19, 2022, 09:55 AM
Jun 2022

the thousands of pounds seized. He could claim total success on the war on drugs. That would make as much sense as this GOP stupidity.

SoonerPride

(12,286 posts)
3. I told them "less seizing please!"
Sun Jun 19, 2022, 10:18 AM
Jun 2022

“The lower numbers looks better.”

“If we seize none then we can say we have nothing coming across the border”

 

Hugh_Lebowski

(33,643 posts)
4. On the one hand, this does sound stupid, but ...
Sun Jun 19, 2022, 10:40 AM
Jun 2022

Statistically-speaking, 'seizures' are quite likely to represent only a certain % of the total population of drugs being smuggled in.

It's fairly reasonable to suppose that high amounts of seizures also means high amounts are getting through.

However, OTOH, there is no real way of knowing WHAT % of the total the seizures represent.

It may also be reasonable to suppose the numbers are high because enforcement was highly efficient.

Therefore the main 'crime' here is stating it with such certainty (IS allowing? Maybe, but not necessarily!).

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