A Border Win Doesn’t Pay the Rent
Sure, you got the “MOSTLY KEPT”—crossings down, enforcement up, victory lap administered in front of a podium and a chyron. But the household ledger stays “STILL BROKEN,” because politicians treat border metrics like they’re mortgage-payment math, and the rest of us live in the receipts section.
When your “PAYCHECK” is “EARNED” but “NOT ENOUGH,” the spreadsheet doesn’t magically balance. The “GAS BILL,” “ELECTRIC BILL,” and “MEDICAL BILL” keep clocking in, and inflation pressure keeps chewing the margin. A border win doesn’t pay the rent.