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To: Do not dub me shapka broham; conservativecorner

Mexico's federal competition commission:

http://www.cfc.gob.mx

has its share of folks who work hard to diminish the adverse consequences of the vast, downright monopolistic concentration of wealth into the hands of very few in Mexico. Such robber barons are largely to blame for Mexico's need to export millions upon millions of illegal immigrants.

Currently Carlos Slim, the owner of Mexico's near phone monopoly TelMex (which has 93% of local land-based lines) is ranked #3 on Forbes' list of the world's wealthiest people (behind merely Bill Gates and Warren Buffet). He also owns America Movil / Telcel which has over 80% of the cellphone accounts in Mexico. Fees are comparatively very high, even as Mexico's foreign investment law:

http://www.cddhcu.gob.mx/leyinfo/txt/44.txt

somehow still manages to evade World Trade Organization Doha Round negotiation pressures by continuing to force foreign ownership in land-based telco services to be limited to merely 49%. Consequently MCI and AT&T lost their shirts in Mexico while Carlos Slim snickered and aired anti-gringo, downright racist advertisements further sealing their fate. We let THEM own 100% of their telco operations up here, but nobody wants to buy their mediocre "services" so companies like TelMex in the USA have scaled back operations. Nevertheless, we can't own more than 49% down there so unlimited calling plans don't even exist in Mexico yet.

Thanks to the World Trade Organization's ongoing Doha Round negotiations, the United States Trade Representative's Office could help us do something about this and plenty of other anti-gringo injustices down there that result in the flooding of illegals into our own country, if called upon enough:

tel. 202-395-3150, 202-395-7305

Such calls empower and embolden reformers at our own USTR to stand up to those in our federal govt. who don't want to risk annoying Mexico's government (which is still complacent and afraid of Carlos Slim who can buy so many media advertisements wherever he likes that almost everyone with a thinking mind down there is at least somewhat afraid of him).


4 posted on 04/08/2006 3:35:40 PM PDT by Shuttle Shucker
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To: Shuttle Shucker

IMO, a lot of free traders are reaping what they sewed.
We didn't have this mess of illegal immigration until NAFTA. NAFTA was supposed to stop the flow of illegal immigration but instead increased the flow. Now, if I read you correctly, you want us to beg or call the WTO. LOL!!!!

Mexico will remain corrupt. Orbrador, the front runner in the presidential election, is supported by Carlos Slim.


14 posted on 04/08/2006 4:13:26 PM PDT by texastoo ("trash the treaties")
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To: Shuttle Shucker
Currently Carlos Slim, the owner of Mexico's near phone monopoly TelMex (which has 93% of local land-based lines) is ranked #3 on Forbes' list of the world's wealthiest people ...

There was an article on him recently about him making some charitable donations. Now I think he was trying to influence the outcome of this legislation.

23 posted on 04/08/2006 4:56:29 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Federal creed: If it moves tax it. If it keeps moving regulate it. If it stops moving subsidize it)
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