Posted on 07/16/2008 5:10:08 AM PDT by SJackson
Yep.
You’ve provided many very interesting and insightful comments in our several exchanges. I have some understanding of Mexico and the nations further south, but it’s strange that the problems in those nations are seldom discussed openly by our politicians. It seems PCness requires that a pretense be maintained that all nations are equal and problems should seldom be pointed out.
I am aware of some of the revolutions that have taken place in Mexico, but not all. But if there’s any hope of real improvement, some day a revolution will have to usher in a recognition of individual rights, rule-of-law and fair elections. Some day, they will have to fight for the right causes, and not just a rearrangement of the deck chairs on the Titanic. I have a few questions about things I often hear about Mexico and wonder if you consider them correct or incorrect.
1. Is it true that only thirty or forty extended families own most of the wealth of Mexico?
2. Is it true that it’s taught in the Mexican school system that Mexico’s failures are the fault of the USA?
3. Is it taught that the US southwest was stolen from Mexico and any Mexican has a right to enter the US and live here?
If the wealth is so controlled by a few, it seems there should be some type of land reform. When some measure their holdings in square miles, or hundreds of square miles, and others have owned nothing for generations, and there are few good paying jobs for workers, then that arrangement doesn’t provide much hope for the masses.
It seems the old Spanish aristocracy in Mexico is one of the most racist around, hanging onto their wealth while pushing the mestizos to the north to ease the social and economic problems. And the US economic interests and Democrat party base building interests have cooperated all along, as well various church groups and immigration advocates. There is a squeeze on portions of the US middle class and working class coming from the export of jobs as well as the import of cheap labor, and few Americans are yet looking at that for what it will likely lead to.
And too few are really thinking about what an amnesty of 12 - 20 million, and the 20 to 40 million more they’d be allowed to bring in within a few years, few are really thinking through what that will do to the US. It’s insane.
Of course, the Dems. will bring in as many potential voters as possible, and business interests will try to pressure Republicans to grant amnesty and more and more work visas to do all that work Americans won’t do. But I live in an area where few Hispanics live, and Americans are doing all the work Americans won’t do. We have lawn services offered by white and black citizens, construction work, garbage pick-up, etc., all done by the white and blacks who’ve lived here for generations, as well as a large chicken processing plant. But, if enough illegals move in and undercut the earnings, we’d see whites and blacks leaving those jobs.
LA is a place to watch. It might give those willing to open their eyes some glimpses into the future. And I think those three questions I posed are very relevant, because the attitudes people bring here will play a big role in determining what effect their presence will have on the US in the short and long run.
There’s that quote attributed to many different foreign visitors: “America will prosper until the citizens learn they can vote themselves largess for the federal treasury.”
Well, that’s been learned, and now we can add a new quote: “America will prosper until illegal aliens and foreign interests learns they can influence US elections and policies.”
If you were running for office I would vote for you.
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