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I could see it happening, in my dreams.. I think Mexico and the USA should start some kind of "trade program".. with young qualified workers coming to the USA on Temporary work visas, and retired American citizens allowed more property rights in Mexico (yes, even on the coasts!)
I see both countries benefiting greatly from this...
infusion of american retirement dollars
legal course of immigration to the states for all of their labor surplus
Many people seem to believe that with a little bit of help from America, Mexico will become a strong first world country with a middle class comparable to the United States.
A "little help" from the USA won't change a thing because the USA gives Mexico a whole lot of help and every time it just ends up in the bank accounts of the corrupt elites.
NAFTA was supposed to be a little help -- and it moved people off farms and into low-wage maquilas. They were better off with owning farms and reforms could have been made but keeping Mexicans working and owning their own lands.
One problem is that the maquilas prefer the more docile Mexican female workers, the men often have little recourse but to head to the USA and leave their families behind. Women working for very little pay with inadequate child care is going to wreak havoc -- it already has because the crime rate in Mexico is skyrocketing whereas pre-NAFTA, Mexico was not a particularly violent country.
let's get serious, it's not going to "hurt" the US dollar by any means... I think we've yet to see rock bottom though... can it possibly get worse?.. will I ever see europe again??
Considering how the economy and morals in this country are on the verge of collapse,it is fair to ask if this country will still be a first world country (if it is now) on January 1, 2051?
Man , that's for sure . El PRI may have been the most corrupt bunch of political despots in history of the Americas, well , up to the present U.S. admisistration anyway.
There is a history of some countries moving from the third world to the first world. Examples include Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Japan, Spain, Italy and Portugal. The European examples were very poor before the second world war, but since they have become modernized they have really changed economically.
All the Countries above have a completely different social culture than Mexico which is not all that interested in education or tommorrow. I think what holds Mexico back is the culture. People live for the day, in most successful cultures-- people live for tommorrow and education is key.
I don't think Spain, Italy and Portugal are all that much different then Mexico really. At least the attitude toward industry/work. I think you could make the point with the asian countries, but not Western Europe.
I don't think Spain, Italy and Portugal are all that much different then Mexico really. At least the attitude toward industry/work. I think you could make the point with the asian countries, but not Western Europe.
I would say Spain is a whole lot lazier than Mexico. Look at their work day and average productivity.
Then again, it really was never a 3rd world country. Nor was Italy or Portugal.
I don't know about that, I was in a hospital in Barcelona in 2005 and the X-ray equipment still had SS symbols on it! When they wrapped my GF's broken ankle, they used Plaster of Paris!... talk about antiquated... I really don't think you can call spain/italy/portugal legitimate "1st world" countries, sure there is plenty of modernity in the urban areas, but the rural areas are still quite "campy"
Mexico is not a "third world" country, in fact it is classified as a "medium income" country in most books/almanacs/etc.
Mexico will never become a first world country with a high HDI. Although I wish it did because than most Mexican illegals would leave the U.S and return to where they came from.
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