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ChicagoTeamster

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2. More supply side economics. Republicans never do anything about demand. Drug cartels operate like any other business.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Thu Apr 30, 2026, 02:54 PM

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Supply meets demand. And the money from American drug consumers finances the cartel's operations and weapons purchases. The cartel's firearms come mostly from mass purchases in Texas and Florida where gun shops are allowed to operate without a federal license and the greedy a-holes sell to anybody including potential school shooters.

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