GirlfromUncle asked:
I just don’t get it. Everyone complains about immigration but the US does nothing to help improve living conditions in Mexico so that their citizens don’t have to come here to find safety and work. Most immigrants would happily stay at home with their families if they could make a decent living there. Why hasn’t the US done anything to help them! Maybe they realize that our economy would collapse without the workers who are here getting paid slave wages? All this money is being poured in the Middle East but nothing is being done to help our neighbors. Is it because there is no oil in Mexico?
Autumn
I just don’t get it. Everyone complains about immigration but the US does nothing to help improve living conditions in Mexico so that their citizens don’t have to come here to find safety and work. Most immigrants would happily stay at home with their families if they could make a decent living there. Why hasn’t the US done anything to help them! Maybe they realize that our economy would collapse without the workers who are here getting paid slave wages? All this money is being poured in the Middle East but nothing is being done to help our neighbors. Is it because there is no oil in Mexico?
Autumn
What?
I think you need to Google Grants to Mexico and also look at how many of their people live on our tax dollar as welfare, get free schooling and medical expenses.
Also, free Trade Agreements opened up many American jobs there, closing many plants in the U.S. that real Americans used to live on.
Comment by Don't want best answer!! — November 1, 2007 @ 8:01 pm
Mexico is an oil rich nation. The primary source of income to the Nation of Mexico is from their oil. The second largest source of income to Mexico is money sent back from Mexicans working in the USA.
We help Mexico by turning a blind eye to the millions of their surplus population that came here take jobs from Americans, have “anchor” babies, and send money back to Mexico.
PLEASE, dont believe that crap about doing jobs Americans wont do. Why should any American take a job that pays less than welfare. Have you ever wondered who did these jobs before the illegals ?
Comment by john c — November 2, 2007 @ 8:42 am
Each countries’ government takes care of their own country. What I would like to ask is why isn’t the Mexican government doing anything to improve their country? The US is currently still fighting unnecessary wars and using up money and is having a hard time trying to deal with many other problems as well. The US is not responsible to take care of Mexico in the first place. They’re not as bad as people in North Korea or some parts of Africa where it needs the most helps.
Mexico has a government of their own and the US money being worth more than that of Mexico’s is not the US’s problem. Illegal immigrants are choosing to come over here illegally. Also, Mexico is much less likely to do the opposite for the US. Their treatments of illegal immigrants have proved to be much worse and yet, they demand the US to give better treatments for the people who came over illegally when it’s none of their business.
US might help once all the problems are solved. If you’re going to say that US should ignore the problems within their own country and try helping other countries first, that would be considered a selfish demand. Besides, America is already currently helping countries that are in worse conditions.
Comment by Reaper — November 3, 2007 @ 4:42 pm
Because Mexico is corrupt and and their government pockets a lot of what we do give them. Actually, Bush did send them a fat check a while back, which I don’t agree with, because it didn’t go to any good use. I’d rather see that money be spent here to help education costs, etc.
Comment by Nikki J — November 4, 2007 @ 1:56 pm
Then if it is not Mexico, it will be some other country, but it will go on, enlessly.
Comment by stallion — November 5, 2007 @ 7:10 pm