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Statehood for Mexico

Alferd_Packer

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Well, why not?

It would solve a lot of problems.

No more illegal immigration, The federal government could move in against the drug trade and corupt local governemnts. Nafta would be voided.

Yeah, yeah, I know, i know. . . what if they don't want to be part of the U.S. ?

Well too bad.

:p

:D
 
Alferd_Packer said:
Well, why not?

It would solve a lot of problems.

No more illegal immigration, The federal government could move in against the drug trade and corupt local governemnts. Nafta would be voided.

Yeah, yeah, I know, i know. . . what if they don't want to be part of the U.S. ?

Well too bad.

:p

:D
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If the United States had wanted that, there was ample opportunity in 1848, and in 1917, to make that choice. The benefits do not outweight the costs.

DR
 
theprestige said:
Wouldn't that be kind of like adding Greece to the EU?
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No. One of the key problems with the EU -- as the Greek crisis has shown -- is that there's not enough central authority to enforce the EU's own rules. That's not a mistake that the US would make with Mexico; in fact, the Tea Party has been complaining recently that there is too much central authority here.
 
Yes, well, the Tea Party lacks a consistent idea of how the government is over-reaching. There's a great video of some lady at a tea party protest being asked exactly what she wants to be cut and she just goes blank and stammers a bit.

I generally support the idea of Mexico becoming a US possession (and eventual statehood for all of its states), but that's a few years down the road.
 
Alferd_Packer said:
Well, why not?

It would solve a lot of problems.

No more illegal immigration, The federal government could move in against the drug trade and corupt local governemnts. Nafta would be voided.

Yeah, yeah, I know, i know. . . what if they don't want to be part of the U.S. ?

Well too bad.

:p

:D
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Sorry, but this has to be the worst idea since the Iraq War.
 
What's MexicanSpanish for "Oi! Get yer filthy hands off my desert!!"?

You guys really shouldn't covet that which doesn't belong to you.
 
Alferd_Packer said:
Well, why not?

It would solve a lot of problems.

No more illegal immigration...
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Hmm, that's almost as "good" as my idea: abolish the 13th Amendment. That's right, any illegals found in the USA could be sold into slavery. Why, the problem of illegals coming into the country to look for work would vanish overnight!
 
It seems to me to be crazy to continue this absurd practice of trying to cage people with invisible fences. Let them and us come and go as they please in order to look for work. Its American to hire the most qualified people anyway, right. If people from outside the US aren't the most qualified they won't get the job, isn't that correct? Or do we just make that stuff up?

Take down all the borders.
 
rjwould said:
It seems to me to be crazy to continue this absurd practice of trying to cage people with invisible fences. Let them and us come and go as they please in order to look for work. Its American to hire the most qualified people anyway, right. If people from outside the US aren't the most qualified they won't get the job, isn't that correct? Or do we just make that stuff up?

Take down all the borders.
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So you think US wages and benefits are too high, and we need an influx of workers from impoverished nations in order to bring them down?
 
WildCat said:
So you think US wages and benefits are too high, and we need an influx of workers from impoverished nations in order to bring them down?
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Surely American companies would adhere to minimum wage requirements, wouldn't they? But isn't competition a sacred American value? What is it we're afraid of?
 
WildCat said:
So you think US wages and benefits are too high, and we need an influx of workers from impoverished nations in order to bring them down?
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Is that substantially worse than an outflux of work to impoverished nations?
 
Alferd_Packer said:
No more illegal immigration
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Not true. We'd have to deal with all the illegal immigrants coming into Mexicamerica from Honduras and Guatemala.

The federal government could move in against the drug trade and corupt local governemnts.
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Shucks, the government doesn't have to annex Mexico to corrupt local governments! We have the State Department for things like that! ;)

Nafta would be voided.
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I think Canada wuld have something to say about that.

what if they don't want to be part of the U.S. ?
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I think they'd be okay with it as long as they weren't forced to eat what passes for Mexican food here.
 
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marksman said:
I think they'd be okay with it as long as they weren't forced to eat what passes for Mexican food here.
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I'll presume that you mean "New York" by "here" as I have found some of the best Mexican food ever to be served in Sante Fe, New Mexico.

However, like cuisine in a lot of places, Mexican cuisine varies by region in Mexico.

At Taco Hell, it never varies: it's always the same, old caca. :(
 
marksman said:
Not true. We'd have to deal with all the illegal immigrants coming into Mexicamerica from Honduras and Guatemala.
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States 52 and 53


I think Canada wuld have something to say about that.
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State 54


I think they'd be okay with it as long as they weren't forced to eat what passes for Mexican food here.
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There are some pretty authentic taquerias in my neighborhood. And if you drive down to Pilsen or Little Village, you can find some really good full service restaurants as well.
 
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