[Willie Green]

I read it to mean it is $20 a day in Monterrey.

For a 9 hour workday, that would still work out to $2.22 per hour.
Nobody's going to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps on that wage.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

For a 9 hour workday, that would still work out to $2.22 per hour. Nobody's going to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps on that wage.

But a whole lot better than the $4 a day elsewhere. As the father said in the article, he isn't living so well but he's there
to be sure his children are educated and able to do better. That's usually how civilizations grow.
A strong Mexico is a better neighbor and ally for the U.S. too.