[discostu]

Absolutely, if nothing else they're having a talent bleed, I've seen the effect of talent bleeds on companies, I've seen the effect of talent bleeds on cities, no reason to think it would be any better on a country. Problem is I'm not sure Mexico has the will or the knowledge to fix the problem. We faced a similar, though not so acute, problem with Europe after WWII, thus the Marshal Plan was born. While the Marshal Plan gave birth to our modern era of money dumping foreign aid in it's original form it was about focusing and directing aid to assist countries into becoming self sufficient prosperous non-communists. Might be time for a Mexico Plan.

[FITZ]

Might be time for a Mexico Plan.

I'd probably have to agree. We should be paying attention to what is going on in Mexico, the campesinos are protesting and that movement seems to be gaining strength, the PRD is somewhat leftist which should concern us but we shouldn't take the side of the elites against their campesinos either. Most campesinos are the decent people of Mexico and what the elites don't understand is they are the most Mexican and not all will be eager to leave their lands and go stand in some California Home Depot parking lot begging for a job ---even if they can make a bit more money if they do. I really don't understand why the Mexican government has declared war on it's rural people but it goes back to Salinas who was pretty open about getting rid of these people.

[FITZ]

“un campo sin campesinos, el sueño salinista cumplido, por principio de cuentas en nuestro estado”.

And I think everyone know who Salinas is and the billions of dollars he and his family have stolen from Mexico. Obviously not a man who cares a thing about his country so his plan for the campesinos didn't intend good things for the majority of people --- that was never his goal.