[Lorianne]

Mexico has huge tourism potential and lots of land for building homes, retirement homes, businesses, etc. Also there is much potential in fishery and agriculture.

In addition, if American companies had free reign in Mexico they could employ all the potential ‘illegals’ right there ... no need to cross the border to get a low wage job. A Mexican could stay home and get a low wage (factory or service sector) job ... the same exact jobs they have when they move North.

[1rudeboy]

I forgot about the tourism industry, and it's huge. I didn't forget (so much) about agriculture/fishery. None of the above are particularly good reasons to merge two countries, though.

Unless our population had nothing to do and was starving to death. :)