Posted on 02/28/2020 6:42:43 AM PST by Uncle Sham
The Coronavirus presents itself as a health challenge as well as an economic challenge to present day America. Certainly, preventing the wide scale spread of this virus is a top priority to our health agencies as well as government. Addressing the effect on the nation's economy that this virus has already had as well as the actual shortages of vital medical supplies which originate in China as well as other economic supply chain issues are also hurdle's to cross. One would think that companies currently having manufacturing done in China would love to have another location present itself to them which would be a safer bet to do business in. Many will be jumping at the chance to relocate after this calms down. Where will they go?
I would like to suggest that the United States and Mexico create a joint effort in forming an economic development zone along the US-Mexican border. This zone would be financed through a public and private investment fund giving those who might have lost money in the market slide a chance to reap the economic benefits of profits generated by the sale of products produced in the zone. Being along the border, this zone would have a $7.00 per hour minimum wage law and would be able to attract workers who are agreeable to the wages offered. Most of the low wage earners would be Mexicans who would much rather an opportunity to earn a living closer to their home country than having to locate further inland within the United States.
This would certainly attract many of those who are currently much further inland from the border back to the border area itself. As the areas further from the border lose Mexican laborers, the jobs they leave behind would then be available for Americans who are willing to take them.
In addition to helping ensure that vital products are safely being manufactured closer to home, other manufacturers across America would benefit from the new Mexican middle class growing itself along the border as a new customer base for their products. Everybody wins. Coronavirus has set China up to be the biggest loser and the United States as the biggest winner of it's effects.
Applying the economic development zone could also successfully be applied to the inner cities of this nation and could possibly, by doing so, permanently destroy the ability of democrats ability to deceive blacks into voting for them. Public/Private joint effort economic development zones. One, along the border, brings thousands of manufacturing jobs back to America, and saves companies from the shipping cost of crossing the Pacific, then sets them up with multiple rail and interstate access to the American markets. The other, located in the inner cities, helps rebuild those cities as well as gives the locals an avenue of developing self worth, dignity, and pride in themselves rather than simply being cattle expected to pull the voting lever for Democrats every two years.
Problems solved,
1. Vital product availability.
2. Economic supply-chain issues addressed
3. Safe 401K investment opportunity.
4. Mitigation of illegal immigration affect on majority of nation as they migrate themselves back to the border to take advantage of the jobs being created.
5. Middle class being grown in upper Mexico is a new customer base for other US products.
6. Inner cities revitalized.
7. Blacks get their dignity and pride put back in their hands as jobs rather than handouts.
8. Democrat party forever eliminated as a viable political force.
Yes, Coronavirus has presented itself as a problem. It is also an opportunity to create an answer to this problem that can fix so much more. If anyone can properly design this solution, it is Donald Trump. C'mon, Donald, let's roll.
It’s only a gift to the nation if it wipes out 90% of the population of Washington, D.C.
The Democrats are already looking at it as an opportunity - to blame Trump!
Vietnam. Indonesia. Thailand. Malaysia. Same places they are currently going.
“If we were able to deport all of them we would lose more than 10% of our population”
You state that like it is a bad thing.
These people are criminals. You want to leave them here?
The only solution to the eduindoctrination system is for the Federal Government to totally withdraw from any dealings with any education system not on military reservations or in foreign countries. It, alas, cannot happen.
It’s the other 20 + million that are non of the above that we have to come to some resolution with
If Trump were to get this concept working to America's benefit, the credit he would deservedly get would far outweigh whatever fake, politicized "blame" the democrats try to place upon him. If he proposed this, what could they criticize? They are the ones pushing how illegals are being hurt, etc. This idea helps their supposed "illegals". They certainly would look like fools criticizing an effort towards stabilizing the availability of much needed medical supplies by bringing their manufacturers closer to home. They would look foolish being against helping inner city blacks find their own self worth and potential. In every way, they lose. That means that the rest of the nation wins. Big time.
Well, by definition, illegal aliens are criminals, so I think that would include ALL of them...
Illegal aliens are also living here using false, forged documents and false identity which is a felony
Illegal aliens are often using false or stolen social security numbers which is identity theft and fraud
They also illegally received welfare benefits under false identity and often receive multiple duplicate welfare payments under multiple false identities which is a felony
India is soon to be another one. This does not mean that an area featuring the security of the United States teamed with the cheap labor available at the Mexican border, as well as immediate, low-cost access to the worlds best consumer market could not somehow compete. In addition, some products could be deemed as essential to national well being and security and ways could be found to make sure they are produced here.
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