Mexico is close to being a narco-state, and the government does not have a stellar reputation for honesty. What we know is mostly anecdotal, but it seems that the bribe is an important ingredient in the process of getting things done.
So here's the question: What exactly is it about the Mexican government that you like so much that you want it in the U.S.?
Are they looking for income equality? They won't find that in Mexico.
Gun control? Mexico has the laws but not the control.
Good schools? They could be onto something with the schools. Somewhere they are getting a sense of national pride in Mexico. Our schools certainly aren't doing that in regard to our own nation.
But ultimately, open borders and relaxed crossings are probably the objective of the movement, not a change in government. After all, if they want a leftest government, California already has it.
Conversely, maybe the more sensible approach is to take Mexico. Seize the whole thing, carve it into another 6-8 states, tax the daylights out of the tourism and real estate industries and pour all of the money we waste on inefficient border patrol into infrastructure improvements like clean water and sanitation.
Perhaps this sounds crazy, but it's only been a bit more than 100 years since Arizona and New Mexico joined the union. Granted, they weren't annexed by force, but really, what do we have to lose?
Posted by: Rob O. | June 05, 2016 at 10:00 AM
Some good thoughts there, Rob O.
But I like the idea of the cartels being in another country even with the porous border we have.
Posted by: Geo | June 05, 2016 at 03:35 PM