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Originally Posted by Ron61
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Ron,
I don't know what the answer is ...but in trying to look for a different perspective, for an experiment, why think of Mexico as a different country?
As an example, imagine Mexico as a different state, full of indigent citizens that have their own culture and language. These so called citizens could freely move across state lines (no longer borders) and steal jobs away from native Californians ...which they are doing anyway. This actually happened during the Great Depression of '30's. The folks were called (often contemptuously)
Okies.
Was it good for California in the long run??
Other than the same threat of population overload and initial drain on services obtained without previous contribution, what is the difference here?
Part of the difference would be, we can all go to a poorer American state and take advantage of wealth imported from "home". In the past, folks did come from California, where they sold their $450,000 home, and bought a similar home in, say, North Dakota for $150,000. The California real estate value has recently dropped, but is probably still greater than many midwest states. California natives and all can make a move to Mexico also, but we are subject to non-U.S. laws, are second rate non-citizens and have far less reliable socialistic security (public funded police).
Perhaps the solution is to fully convert Mexico to a U.S. state and be done with it. Border patrol can disband and members can obtain new work as state police, moving enforcement to the center. If it works in Iraq, it should work there.
And why quit with Mexico?
Wes
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