Our laws will have to mesh and we're outnumbered.
We've got all the money and all the guns. We'll win.
Mexico has a population around 110,000,000. Canada has a population of 35,000,000 or so (round numbers). We have a population of 295,000,000 (Source for all three: http://www.cia.gov )
How do you figure we are outnumbered?
When you look at it in terms of wealth (GDP per capita), it isn't even a contest. The United States is the big gorilla on this hemisphere and nobody else even comes close to us.
Guys, we have to open our minds a little and consider the benefits of uniting at least North America into a single economic bloc. There are vast amounts of natural resources and potential wealth in both Canada and Mexico that will ensure that the United States is the powerhouse of the world for generations to come. It would be stupid of us to cast this all aside in the name of "sovereinity"
And who says we have to give up any sovereinity at all? Our intent should be to integrate Canada and Mexico into the United States by admitting them as states. Naturally, they would have to go through a period of territory status and they would have to adopt the U.S. Constitution and meet all other requirements before being admitted.
Now Canada is a lot closer to this reality than Mexico. We could conceivably begin admitting Canadian provinces as states within 10-20 years if we start the process now. Mexico would obviously take a lot longer as they are more of a mess. Also, don't forget the Central American countries such as El Salvador and Panama as well as islands such as Cuba, Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic. All of these should eventually become U.S. states so that the USA stretches from the North Pole to the Panama canal.
In the meantime, we need to integrate our economies to a certain extent so that the other countries in North America can begin to prosper and put themselves in position to become U.S. states eventually.
I'm an imperialist at heart and I do not believe the United States should ever stop expanding and admitting states.
? At one time, we were the greatest nation in the world. Now we have to mesh? Uh, NO, and HELL NO. Why the heck are you giving up?