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Semantics... we also don't have a 'congressmen' per say, we have 'diputados' I'm speaking in universal terms. We do have a succession plan should the president die, or should there a be a scandal worth resigning.
Mexicans blame their corrupt government for their problems, not the U.S
No one in Mexico is saying "Damn the U.S is doing this...or that....we are doom!"
The problem with Mexico is its corrupt government.
Mexico is a in favorable location, it has a lot of resources, it has beautiful land, beautiful cultures, a lot of history...but its government.
Sure they do --- "Mexico - so close to the USA, so far from God". (or something like that)
Remittances actually are very high and are one of the big problems, they create inflation. If a typical remittance is $500 a month, that family getting the extra $500 when others might much less by working, prices can go up because so many are getting in on the remittances, making it much harder on the ones whose incomes come from Mexico alone.
And how many women and children have been left behind because the wage earner lost interest after some time and stopped sending remittances back?
Sure they do --- "Mexico - so close to the USA, so far from God". (or something like that)
Remittances actually are very high and are one of the big problems, they create inflation. If a typical remittance is $500 a month, that family getting the extra $500 when others might much less by working, prices can go up because so many are getting in on the remittances, making it much harder on the ones whose incomes come from Mexico alone.
Inflation is caused by a a multitude of things. The importation of hard currency is not one of them. Another fact-free post from you.
Hard currency flows into Mexico, Mexico is an international free trading country, those dollars translate into higher purchasing power for the family for things domestic and foreign. I would really read up on the definition of inflation before disseminating misinformation. Furthermore, that family who's income comes from Mexico alone benefits indirectly through the spending that those with remittances make, and the growth that comes through this spending. Various economic models have proved it.
Why don't you just accept that there's a ton of Mexicans in the U.S. and that it's not the most detrimental thing in the world? Why are you constantly trying to find ways to make it seem like Mexicans in the US actually hate Mexico, are bad for Mexico, etc etc etc. Remove that chip from your shoulder. Or move to a better neighborhood. Get over it already.
Why don't you just accept that there's a ton of Mexicans in the U.S. and that it's not the most detrimental thing in the world? Why are you constantly trying to find ways to make it seem like Mexicans in the US actually hate Mexico, are bad for Mexico, etc etc etc. Remove that chip from your shoulder. Or move to a better neighborhood. Get over it already.
I have the hardest time understanding why malamute chooses to live in El Paso, Texas of all places... (Or do you live here not by choice? I am just curious.)
I used to think that being farther away from the United States would make Mexico a lot more poorer, but would it really??
Do you think it would be much poorer? Being next to the World's largest economy and having the NAFTA treaty, you'd think the wealth would rub off...I'd be thinking the HDI and per capita would be be like Spain, South Korea, Canada or Italy... but nope, not really. I'm not sure what went wrong or what's going wrong.
Also, the remittances really don't make a large percentage of the Mexican economy, if anything, they probably make 5% of the Mexican economy. Though this has greatly benefited some Mexican towns and made people build roads, and even fix up and make their plazas look nicely, the Mexican states that are relatively well off has minimal involvement from the Federal Government and don't recieve that many remittances.
Being close to the US has sure made better lives for the Mexicans who flew to the US and many are greatful for that but has it really bettered the lives of Mexicans back home?
At first I would think Mexico would look like Guatemala, Bolivia or subsaharan african countries... but then again, maybe Mexico in the microeconomic level wouldn't be that much different.
What country would it be most similar to if it weren't next to the USA? Would we be better or worse, and why isn't Mexico like Spain or it's Canadian counterpart?
It's just a matter of having a positive social attitude, social dynamism, and social involvement, as anyone may see in both Canada, and Spain. Mexicans take a pass on all those, since generatons ago.
Mexico is like any other place in many of the usual ways, but it is unique in the world in many ways too. Mexican society developed completely independent of the whole rest of the world. They built pyramids, had big cities, created their own unique writing systems etc etc. The mesoamerican area from the Yucatan down to Honduras was the epicenter of the Americas - which at that time (and still should be) was called Anahuac. 150 million people lived here. The societies were robust and thriving until of course the arrival of the Europeans and smallpox.
People are people of course and people in Mx are pretty much just like anyone else. They want cars and nice houses. They like Batman and McDonalds. They are different in that the whole history of their society - a big bustling society rich with art, music, poetry and lore was abruptly interrupted in 1521. Now the world is rediscovering the lost civilization. It's a fascinating mystery unraveling. Where else can you find that?
It's just a matter of having a positive social attitude, social dynamism, and social involvement, as anyone may see in both Canada, and Spain. Mexicans take a pass on all those, since generatons ago.
What about if in mexico petrolleum would not exist, and never received european, jewish and lebbanon immigration?
additionaly to share the bourder with USA.
Maybe El Salvador.
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(Or do you live here not by choice? I am just curious.)
