[Dean's World] Dave Price: The Real Immigration Problem

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Posted by Dave Price:
The Real Immigration Problem
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1149002620.shtml


   Georgie Anne Geyer [1]sees problems in Mexico, but also reason for
   hope.

     In short, Mexico is so corrupt, so oligopolistic, so rotting inside
     with the privilege of the rich that it has to send its poor and its
     potential political activists to another country. And on top of
     that, it tries to blame the United States for its own failures.
     When I was in Mexico last fall, after dozens of visits over the
     years, people on every political and social level confirmed these
     accusations, complaining to me of Fox's failures. Forty families
     still own 60 percent of Mexico. There are no voluntary
     organizations, no civic involvement, no family foundations â and
     thus, no accountability, allowing corruption to flourish. Mexico
     gains $28 billion from oil revenue and $20 billion from immigrant
     remittances. There is virtually no industrialization, no small
     business, no real chance at individual entrepreneurship. Under Fox,
     it has created only one-tenth of the 1 million jobs needed.
     Ah, but there are new voices of change, of reason, of
     self-awareness in Mexico, in place of the hoary anti-gringo rants:
     the beginnings of a transformation of the debate.

   I've been arguing for a while that no amount of border fortifications
   will keep out motivated migrants. The solution is for Mexico to become
   a decent place to live.
   I'm not a big fan of socialism per se, and I think socialist solutions
   are often oversold, but Mexico is a prime example of why some level of
   socialism is necessary.

References

   1. http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060530/news_mz1e30geyer.html