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I'm on the side of rational, logical thinking and actions. Trump has shown neither in his responses to this stupid wall BS. But if you want to pay more for goods imported from Mexico because of that stupid 20% tariff, be my guest.
since when did this suddenly become a thing? Trump has started all this america vs mexico nonsense and that's why mexico has been defensive lately...and rightfully so
it's not so much "pick a side" as it is "trump is a moron."
There is simply no reason to "take sides"; Mexico has been moving (albeit slowly) away from the one-party quasi-democracy of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) since the election of Vicente Fox some fifteen years ago. The process is a slow one, because Mexico hasn't got much of a middle class (and the PRI doesn't want one, and Barry, Hillary and the other elitist Democrats have the same model in mind for the United States).
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Mexico has extremely strict immigration laws (?). It is beyond hypocritical for them to demand open borders with the US.
Say WHAT???
Mexico is also held hostage by the drug cartels, and can't afford to challenge the "pass-through" illegal immigration from Central America to the north. But just as on this side of the border, many of the best-educated in Mexican society know what's wrong, but can't deal with it -- caught between an unscrupulous clique at the top and an ignorant mass underneath.
As an aside, for an interesting take on conditions in Mexico, get yourself a copy of of Joseph Wambaugh's Lines and Shadows and Fugitive Nights. Fiction, of course, but it's still a realistic tale of what honest policemen on both sides of the border have to face.
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Since when did this suddenly become a thing? Trump has started all this America vs Mexico nonsense and that's why Mexico has been defensive lately...and rightfully so
it's not so much "pick a side" as it is "Trump is a moron."
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Originally Posted by phma
bs
Oooh. A real debate. I wanna play.
It's not bs.
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Trump has shown neither in his responses to this stupid wall BS. But if you want to pay more for goods imported from Mexico because of that stupid 20% tariff, be my guest.
