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So for starters it gave the new states massive subsidies – billions of dollars – to help construct schools, roads, telecommunications and housing, making these nations more attractive for business investment

The Partnership for Prosperity is a joint effort led by the U.S. Departments of State and Treasury, and the Mexican Ministries of Foreign Relations and Finance. It draws upon creative analysis and ideas of U.S. and Mexican economists, business and community leaders, and development experts. Last December, representatives of this group met for the first time in Merida, Yucatan, for a brainstorming session. They agreed to craft a working program that will promote infrastructure development at the border and beyond, including transportation and telecommunications projects; investment in human resources basic education and worker training programs; guaranteeing the rule of law at the state and local level; an active promotion of trade and investment opportunities by state authorities and; dynamic participation by the private and academic sectors in industrial research and development.

http://www.maquilaportal.com/editorial/editorial180.htm

Now, I'd like to add that it isn't the purpose of our government to spend our tax money in FOREIGN COUNTRIES so that they are attractive for businesses to invest there. And yet, under "free trade" agreements, this is EXACTLY what our government is doing.

Now if you don't like the author's political views, you'd better sit down. Because our government is being run by people like him, our white house and congress are populated by people like him. So maybe its better to read what he as to say, so the American people can know what they are dealing with.