What if the U.S. invited Mexico to become part of the country? Think about it before you answer. No need for a long border to protect. Much shorter southern border afterwards. U.S. gets to hunt down the drug lords and (try) to control the drug trafficking Plentiful natural resourses - particularly oil Adds to our diversity (Chime in Canadian friends - is Quebec an asset or liability?) Solves (mostly) the problem of illegal immigration. Provides source of new military recruits Adds some beautiful beaches to our shoreline Etc, etc, etc! (please add your thought on benefits) Drawbacks? Add your thoughts Yes, integration would take time - but can it be accomplished. Do you think Mexican citizens would vote for or against it? What would be the benefits for Mexico?
Let me get this straight; 25 million cleaners 25 million landscapers and 62 million welfare recipients :toetap05: Hotwater
I am surprised you found so many potential benefits. I think the number one reason it is a bad idea is the economy and poverty of Mexico. But the whole Mexican culture and society is so different, and I think there would be a lot of problems with Americans wanting them to conform to American society, and change the laws and culture within Mexico. Plus, I don't think Mexico would want to do it at all =P
Mexico is nowhere near developed enough to part of the United States, the GDP per capita of the US is almost 4x that of Mexico, and the infrastructure development is consiederably less. It'd be a giant shackle on the United States. Realistically Peurto Rico will be the 51st state as they already are US citizens. Also Mexico itself is a federal republic like the United States made up of 31 states and their capital territory. So in reality it'd be states 51 to 82
The unification of Germany was/is being accomplished with similar economic disparities. Puerto Rico has made it plain, in election after election, that it has no interest in statehood. All those Mexican states could become counties, no?
Isn't much of those economic woes due to the corruption of its leaders? Different, yes, but is that a bad thing. We could stand a little diversity. Laws would have to conform, but not the culture. You're probably right about Mexican resistance, particularly on the part of the rulers, and academia, and drug lords.
how bout we go back to 49.. give the mexicans back texas.. those gun slinging rejects can go after the drug lords
its seems like a great idea, but in reality, all the citizens would move out of Mexico into other areas of the US to get out of the gang violence. what would end up happening is Mexico would be turned into the next Iraq, something we dont need atm.. it would take yearrrs to clean up all the cooruption in Mexico..
You mean 52nd state, doncha? Australia became America's 49th state back in the year I was born - 1942.
So you want to absorb Mexico and relinquish all the states who joined the Confederacy? I'm trying to understand your logic here and having a pretty difficult time.
The differences between East and West Germany were far less substantial, West Germany's GDP per capita was about 2.5x that of East Germany. East Germany had the most advanced economy in the eastern block, and regardless of economic stagnation that happened in the 70's and 80's, East Germany had a very well developed infrastructure and social welfare system. Not to mention the most important fact, until 40 years previous, Germany had been a united country, unification was for nationalist reasons. If they had been 2 separate countries with no real past connections but a border they would've never joined together, since reunification the estimated(and still going) cost has been almost $1 trillion in the past 20 years. As for Puerto Rico, they the last referendum in 1998 had 46% voting in favor of statehood, they could very well become a state. Every referdemum held in Peurto Rico though has not been federally binding, being locally organized to gauge the public's attitude. It's ultimate political status has been up in limbo for decades as it evolved into its current state, though the Puerto Rico Democracy act is trying to make it so a final and binding referendum is held to finally legally determine the island's status http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rico_Democracy_Act#Puerto_Rico_Democracy_Act_of_2009 Also it'd be impractical to have those states become countries. Having just one state of that size would be impractical, for one thing it'd have over 1/4 of the seats in the house of representatives give or take.
