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# Better get out while you can
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/better-get-out-while-you-can-editor/
- Published: 2006-11-23T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T23:09:25.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Flo Ginsburg Santa Monica*

Mark my words: It won’t be long before the GOP closes our national borders to prevent Americans from leaving. The government needs taxes paid by its citizens to fund their projects, their pockets and the huge growing deficit.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on November 23, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/112306.pdf?ref=smdp.com)