[FITZ]

There's an awful lot of oil down there in Mexico (second highest reserves in the Western Hemisphere)--and we should try to cut back on Saudi oil. Plus all those beautiful but undeveloped coasts. Lots of good jobs could be made in Mexico if they'd allow their resources to be developed and allow for their underclass to participate and reap some of the rewards. The elite don't want that though but I think we should make it clear it's time for some changes.

[Sabertooth]

There's an awful lot of oil down there in Mexico (second highest reserves in the Western Hemisphere)--and we should try to cut back on Saudi oil. Plus all those beautiful but undeveloped coasts.

Not to mention that the mineral-rich Rocky Mountains continue south of the border.

Lots of good jobs could be made in Mexico if they'd allow their resources to be developed and allow for their underclass to participate and reap some of the rewards.

I've heard lately that a lot of the maquiladoras are packing up for China, partly as a result of China's entry into the WTO. Not only is that bad for Mexico's economy, it creates a whole new class of folks who aren't likely to return to the farm now that they've gotten a taste of a somewhat modern economy.

Guess where they're headed?

[BOBTHENAILER]

There's an awful lot of oil down there in Mexico (second highest reserves in the Western Hemisphere)--and we should try to cut back on Saudi oil. Plus all those beautiful but undeveloped coasts. Lots of good jobs could be made in Mexico

Couldn't agree with you more in this respect. Just one example: The Permian and Delaware basins in New Mexico and Texas, continue well into Mexico. There are thousands of high volume producers in the US and just as many waiting to be drilled in Mexico. That alone could employ many thousands for a number of years.

The coasts could provide work for as many as a few hundred thousand. The minerals of the Rocky Mountains as Sabertooth described: again, many thousands could be employed in that industry as well. I agree, its time to pressure Mexico into accepting modernity and bringing their people along for the ride.