Originally posted by Nate
I've finally been here long enough to realize most of your posts like this is sarcasm José for i think you love this nation of ours as much as the next U.S. citizen but I gotta say, **** Afganistan!!! Let Russia worry about them, as we should be with our Southern neighbors. As for what we're demanding from Mexico that we have failed miserably ourselves... What's that?
Nate,
A lot of posters blame America's immigration problems on Mexico's poverty and Mexico's porverty on the "corruption" and "unethical government" among Mexico's politicians.
They say naive platitudes such as this:
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The mexican people should get rid of its corrupt politicians and the country will be on its way to become a prousperous nation" (as if Mexico hadn't already gone through dozens of revolutions, uprisings and democratic elections).
Even Epsilon Delta has said things alone these lines!!!!
They make it sound as if the extremely complex, poorly understood socio-economic-political process of economic development of nations were the easiest thing to implement!!
As if all that is necessary to turn Mexico into a developed economy was to replace Mexico's political class!!
Mexico's poverty hurts the people of Mexico infinitely more than it hurts America with her illegal immigration problem.
If economic development had a definite, clear recipe the country would have become an economic powerhouse centuries ago. If it were that simple there wouldn't be a single underdeveloped nation in the world!!
Answering your question directly, Nate, America demands from Mexico the same economic development she failed to bring to Cuba, Puerto Rico, Iraq and Afghanistan after ruling those 4 countries like colonies for decades!!!!
