<Pre-vacation thoughtsThe Oil DrumDrumBeat: July 11, 2006>

117 comments on Trouble South of the Border -- Mexico's Oil Production

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geewiz on July 10, 2006 - 11:12pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
As taken from a Twighlight Zone episode, Rod Sterling stands up and says "picture this, if you will, The USA removes it's borders to Canada and Mexico, Canada secures the most nothern of borders and Mexico secures it's most southern borders. Where the 3 countries are intertwined and enter into a NAFTA PLUS agreement as we enter the Twighlight Zone"

Nafta Plus

scary stuff! and this all started last August in the Waco Summit, (and would have been the topic of MSM) just before hurricane Katrina hit. But Katrina stole the thunder, and it was all brushed under the carpet.
This is why (as I see it) the administration has done nothing to secure the borders. They already know how this is going to play out. Oh, we can moan and groan, put up a Minute Man Project, but in the end, the politicians have it all wrapped up. We have no say/control on how this can be stopped. As far as the politicians are concerned, this Nafta Plus WILL happen!

Geez, we live in interesting times!  

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tom deplume on July 11, 2006 - 1:43pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
If we let Mexicans to freely come and work in the US with with what little legal protections American workers have; minimum wage, workers comp, unemployment insurance, employers requirement to pay their share to Social Security and Medicare the number of Mexicans working here would probably go down. Opening the border is the last thing the Chamber of Commerce and National Association of Manufacturers want.
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