[independentmind]

build vacation homes, build up tourism

Societies dependent upon an economy built around tourism usually don't establish a robust middle-class.

[FITZ]

I don't know --- I think tourism helps Las Vegas, it helps people in many resort areas of the USA --- a Mexican waiter could easily make $20-$30 a day in tips but working at a maquila would make that much in one week. Tourism brings in a lot of money ---- construction jobs, restaurant jobs ---- many jobs. I don't mean just tourism though ---- they should be bringing in American type prosperity into Mexico ---- let Americans come in --- invest, build businesses, second --- or first homes there.

[FITZ]

Anyway --- an economy built around it's people leaving the country and hopefully sending some money back for a while certainly isn't the answer at all. Mexico sits on the second highest oil reserves in the western hemisphere ---- but they seem pretty incapable of building that up --- maybe if Americans could vote in Mexican elections --- instead of the reverse situation where they're voting in ours only --- there could get to be some changes.

Instead of sending millions of indigent uneducated people into the USA, let millions of wealthy and middle class Americans start building up Mexico. Mexico should be our frontier --- not us being theirs.