Posted on 06/25/2006 6:41:38 AM PDT by baseball_fan
WASHINGTON - Immigration issues are always ripe for demagoguery, particularly in an election year. But the solution to the very real problems along the U.S.-Mexican border can be found, ironically, in that other part of the world that demagogues love to ridicule: old Europe.
Two years ago, the European Union admitted 10 new members. Like Mexico, all of these nations were poor, some of them fairly backward and most recently ravaged by war and dictatorship.
The leaders of the European Union wisely created policies for fostering regional economic and political integration that make the North American Free Trade Agreement "look timid and halfhearted by comparison," according to Bernd Westphal, consul general of Germany.
Europe realized it had to prevent a "giant sucking sound" of businesses and jobs relocating from the 15 wealthier nations to the 10 poorer ones. It also had to foster prosperity and the spread of a middle class and prevent an influx of poor workers to the richer nations.
So for starters, it gave the new states billions in subsidies to help construct schools, roads, telecommunications and housing, thus making these nations more attractive for business investment. It was expensive, but the result has been a larger economic union in which a rising tide floats all boats.
In return, the 10 poorer nations had to agree to raise their standards on the environment, labor law, health and safety -- and more.
Worker migration is regulated. Immigrants will be carefully integrated so as to cause the least disruption to the developed economies, with the goal of having open borders down the road.
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Following the 1917 revolution, the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI as a Spanish acronym) spent several decades attempting to implement communism but ultimately devolved into almost pure corruption. The election of Vincente Fox Quesada in 2000 removed the corrupt semi-communists from power. Mexico actually ranks among the richer nations of the world; however, several states, especially Chiapas and Oaxaca, continue to suffer from communism. Crime and corruption run rampant throughout Mexico, especially in Mexico City and the norther border regions. Mexico's northern neighbor is far more prosperous and powerful, so many oppressed, impoverished, criminal, or opportunity-seeking Mexicans cross the border.
"Mexico actually ranks among the richer nations of the world"
Because It's large.
Bump for truth and clarity.
Amen to that. God Bless America If this NAU is such a good idea. Why stop there? Western Hemisphere?, Hell, why not just go straight to a one world economic model? Just think of how rich we'd all be? Money, money, money, MONEY!
Its all a part of the great plan. Its coming, and our politicians are endorsing it.
Why else would they come up with this amnesty when most of America is against it?
El Pingo.
I consider them enemies of America. The politicians who support this insanity need to be ushered out of D.C. in a hurry.
They'll all vote liberal/socialist. We'll be outnumbered.
BTTT
The NAU will virtually void the Supreme Court.
There will be three nations hundered years from now, and three different consitutions, but we need some sort of trade agreement with allowing labour, goods, arcoss the border unhindered by thugs, and goverment cranks at all levels, and its only been since 1920 that we had a border checkpoints with Canada and Mexico, there useless to have border Checkpoints, and someday the ecomony of all three nations will probadly have the same currency and labor laws, but not local and national laws, or goverment benefits, and reciprocal agreements with Canada, and Mexico is the best policy in the long run. Dont need a EU just need common sense policy.
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