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RE: NAFTA

Comment comment by PowerPointSamurai on 13 September 2007

All I can say is that's what the border checkpoints are for, and within the country, the State Patrols to enforce traffic regulations/safety.

I couldn't agree more that Mexico has some major, major problems, but maybe a little opportunity at legitimate business could help. Mexico is already one of our largest trading partners, so obviously copious amounts of stuff crosses the border already...is it more or less controlled than this would entail? Big, bulky tractor-trailers are more manageable than thousands of miles of sprawling, empty border as far as human trafficking.

As far as claiming to be Canadian, there was a really good one liner from a comedian on MTV a long time ago. The most important phrase in a foreign language to learn if you travel to another foreign country is "Don't shoot! I'm Canadian!". That doesn't work out really well if you are in Afghanistan though.

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RE: NAFTA by VnutZ :: NR8

When we traveled through India, we maintained a guise of being foreign english teachers from Canada. Everything was fine until one of our traveling companions finally decided, "he couldn't keep lying" and told our guide we were military officers from America. While the general rapport remained positive, the conversations and discussions took an unfortunate turn towards American politics ... as if we had intimate knowledge of how our government leaders came to their conclusions.

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RE: NAFTA by NastyPrincess :: NR5

"Mexico has some major, major problems, but maybe a little opportunity at legitimate business could help."

Very true! Maybe adding legitimacy to their efforts will help their more honest and hard working citizens and businesses become catalysts for change. The benefit of the doubt is always the best place to start in any situation....and maybe we could then begin sending more major outsourcing projects to a place that's a little closer to home, instead of to China since trucking things over the border would be so much cheaper than floating them across the Pacific.

I know we outsource to Mexico quite a bit already, but by moving more of industry to just south of the border, maybe we could keep better tabs on the processes and not have to worry about China having a political fit one day, closing up its doors and causing a full economic collapse over here.

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