[hedgetrimmer]

Carlos Slim[Speaking at the Hemispheria 2005], Mexico's telecom magnet and Latin America's richest man, said one of the flaws of the trade agreement was not creating a regional immigration agreement.

NAFTA "was an incomplete accord because it globalized trade but labor integration remains incomplete," Slim said.

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Labor integration meaning the 'harmonization' of US wages down to Mexico's level?

[Smartass]

Excerpt:

 Washington Post:

Cities and states that aid illegal immigrants without reporting them to the authorities risk losing millions of dollars in homeland security and other federal money under two spending bills approved last month by the House. The bills, which fund the departments of Homeland Security, Commerce, State and Justice, were amended to refuse federal money to any city or state with policies that prohibit local government officials from alerting federal authorities about possible immigration law violators. House supporters of the provisions said cities that prevent police officers from sharing information about illegal immigrants with the federal government put Americans at risk. "No police officer should be barred from contacting federal immigration authorities about a criminal alien suspect," said Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, who offered the amendment to the 2007 Homeland Security appropriations bill.

 

Go PUBS...

 

[Smartass]

Excerpt:

 Washington Post:

The utter collapse last weekend of a global trade conference is the latest evidence that, among developed and developing countries alike, there is simply little appetite for another round of globalization. In places where globalization has generated the greatest gains -- the United States, China and Korea come to mind -- there is a need to come up with mechanisms to spread the benefits more broadly and fairly while working off some of the excesses that show up in things such as asset bubbles and unsustainable trade imbalances. Up to now, globalization has been the project of business and economic elites who have largely foisted it on a wary or unsuspecting public. Now, from remote villages of China to a gathering spot for day laborers in Herndon, globalization has entered its more democratic phase. And it's likely to be a messy phase, at that.

[Larousse2]

Yup, lower wages to Mexico's level.

Ya' gotta dumb down to their level first, so that is just one reason why "Johnny Can't Read," and another reason why U. S. Public Edjahkayshun is a sham.