In an article titled “Second Indiana National Guard deployment to southern border to last longer, cost more” the Indiana Capital Chronicle does well enough in highlighting the cost and pointlessness of the whole exercise but doesn’t get into the question of why this stupid bullshit is still necessary for Hoosier taxpayers to cover the bill for when the whole point of these missions was to make it look like Red States were taking the actions Joe Biden wouldn’t. Otherwise what the hell else was the point of sending 50 guys to Texas to stand around for a goddamned year?