I have an idea inspired by the island of Alameda. For those of you who don't know Alameda is an island in the San Francisco Bay. It wasn't always an island. Up until 1902 it was a peninsula. But for reasons having to do with the operations of the port of Oakland a ditch was dug where a mud flat previously existed.
And so we have an island. The project of digging the ditch created many jobs over a 30 year period. Mother Nature keeps wanting to fill up the ditch so it periodically requires re-dredging. So more jobs. Tunnels and bridges have been built to connect Alameda to Oakland. More jobs.
My proposal is that we build a ditch instead of a wall. We can call it the Grand Canal. Or the Trump Moat. Or the Rio Muy Grande.
It will be the greatest feat of engineering ever. Bar none. It will create so many jobs. And then we can start building bridges to Mexico. Creating even more jobs. And periodically re-dredging it. More jobs. We can stock it with all sorts of fish and turn parts of it into parks for recreation. The possibilities are endless.
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