Is Mexico really corrupted?
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Mexico isn't corrupted.  Individuals within Mexico are corrupt, but hey aren't they here to?
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No.  They are breaking several law potentially. \n1. no proper documentation\n2. those who purchace fraudulent documents are guilty of fraud\n3. Those that cross the border are guilty of trespassing by crossing private property\n4. those that hire guides to get them in this country are guilty of conspiracy\n\nCriminals should prosper from their crime
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There is really no way to explain why except to say that the government of mexico is totally concerned with what others are doing at the cost of it's own people. It is the type of government that would rather keep more than half of it's people below poverty and at the same time have legislative meeting to petition the American government to allow criminals to walk free in American society. The government of mexico and the people who put them there are NOT accepted as a world class country for just that type of reason.
640209
Answering just to your question "Is poverty a legitmate excuse to breaking the law?", my answer is No. And you are right, Mexico is not a poor country, so I kinda agree with you. I'd say the economy has not been devided equally; rich people are very, very rich and poor people are very, very poor. So it's these poor guys the ones who run to the USA with the expectation of a better life, which they do not always get. I personally prefer to be middle class with a secure job in a middle class country (Mexico), than to be poor, receive humilliations and be struggling for a job in a rich country (USA).
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Mexico Is The Wealthiest Nation In Latin America\n\nUnemployment rate (2006) 3.6% \nGDP $1.068 trillion \nPer capita GDP $10,100 \nGrowth rate 3% \nGini index 54.6 \n\nMexico’s per capita GDP is roughly that of Russia’s \nand greater than that of soon-to-be EU members \nBulgaria and Romania.\n\nThere are lots of things \nthat one could potentially conclude from these statistics \nincluding that the unemployment statistics are false. \nHowever, I prefer to conclude \nthat Mexico is not a poor country—\nthat’s living in the past. \n\nMexico is a middle-class country \nwith a lot of poor people in it.\nThe Gini index is higher than ours\n(a measure of income distribution equality—\n0 would be everybody making the same amount, \n100 would be one person deriving all the income)\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gini_coefficient\n \nand ours is somewhat high by European standards. \nThe growth rate, too, is respectable.\n\nIt’s not that people in Mexico can’t find jobs. \nIt’s that Mexico is the neighbor to a very rich country \nand the labor markets for the two countries \nare progressively moving towards being a single market. \n\nI continue to believe \nthat more should be asked of Mexico:  \nShe should be shouldering responsibilities \ntowards her citizens\nproportional to its status in the world.\n\nMexico's weak public education system \ncondemns workers to low salaries \nin a global economy where skills count. \n\nDecades of systemic government corruption \nhave robbed the poorest of everything \nfrom high school scholarships to subsidized milk.\n\nThe broken banking system hands out little credit -- \npeople without the cash \nto buy a house or start a small business\nmust often do without. \n\nMexico's inability to enforce the rule of law \nalso discourages the investment needed to create jobs.\n\nThe truth is that Mexico is a very wealthy country. \nIt is blessed with abundant natural resources \nand a fortunate location. \n\nMexico is the richest nation in Latin America \nwhen measured by GDP, \nand by a wide margin : \nin 2001, Mexico's GDP was the highest in Latin America, \na substantial 22.5 percent more than runner-up Brazil.\n \nWhen GDP per capita is the gauge, \nMexico is second only behind Argentina.\n\nIn 2003 \nMexico was the world’s fifth-largest oil producer, \nits 9th- largest oil exporter, \nand the third-largest supplier of oil to the United States. \nOil and gas revenues provide about one-third \nof all Mexican Government revenues.\n\n\nInvestment would cost money. \nAnd Mexico refuses to take responsibility \nfor the social needs of its population. \nIt's so much easier \nto let the Americans care for Mexico's poor. \n\nIndeed, the Mexican propaganda war \nto convince Americans \nof the need to support poor Mexico \nhas been largely successful.\n\nMexico's propaganda effort is helped enormously \nby the annual carnage of unprepared walkers\nwho die in the desert as they illegally cross into the U.S.\nPredictably, the May death of 19 people \nin an unventilated truck in Texas \nincited anti-borders extremists \nto pile blame on American immigration law. \n\nMexico would prefer that all its excess workers \ncould cross an unenforced border \nto keep remittance dollars flowing.\n\nRecent surveys show half of Latino immigrants \nsend money home, \nwith a monthly average amount of $250. \n\n250 Untaxed US Dollars \nGoes A LONG WAY South Of The Border\n\nBecause Of The Difference \nIn The Standard Of Living Between The US And Mexico\nAnd Because Of The VALUE \nOf The Untaxed US Dollar In Mexico\nThese Families Will Live \nMORE THAN COMFORTABLY In Mexico\nOn Untaxed US Dollars\nSent Home To The Family \nBy Their Sons And Daughters\nLiving And Working ILLEGALLY In The USA\n\nAll Totalled About 39 Billion Untaxed US Dollars \nAre Being Exported To Mexico Annually \nProviding Mexico \nWith Her 2nd Largest Source Of Income\n\nIn effect, \nthey are LOOTING the Treasury of the Un
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Yes It Can\n\nIf All These Criminals And Their Sympathizers \nMarch Their @$$ES Across The Border Into Mexico \nAnd DEMANDED What They Are DEMANDING From Our Government, El Presidente Wouldnt Have Any CHOICE \nBut To Make Reformations In His Country\n\nIn Fact, Why Dont You All Do Just That
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IT'S ALL A CONSPIRACY!  Seriously, I agree.  My question is why can't Mexico make their nation a prosperous democracy as well.  The differences between the U.S. and Mexico is staggering.
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What makes you think its not also happening elsewhere, like almost everywhere that weak people think they need prohibition? Between drug war funding and corruption ("Operation Lively Green") there's too much money available [locally, $300,000 to let one load across the border] to agenda driven police, drunk with political power and feeling invulnerable. In the zone near the Mexican Border with Arizona, it only sounds like a joke when we say we can trust the banditos and smugglers more than Border Patrol, to behave as expected. The criminals are no threat to citizens, but the criminal behaviors and abuse of ranchers and citizens by 'authorities' have done more to inspire us to call this zone the "Gunbelt". We have tried to clean up corruption, but both the smugglers and the corrupted are protected by the cowards we trusted to protect us. Its a fearful situation now being repeated in communities across America, as the "police" did nothing for years to stop the illegal invasion of millions across the border. Now the "bite" 'morditas' is on everyone. We are honest, but go nowhere unarmed;We joined a posse, and got deputized in a citizens police oversight team authorized to do whats needed, up to and including the use of deadly force. We surround the corrupt cops, not the other way around. Truth and dignity, if not justice, will prevail.
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"Politically correct" is an American idea formed by a bunch of Democrat puzsies.  Mexico is a third-world narco trafficking shithole. The corruption goes all the way to the top.  A 'cocalero' government. Who cares what those jackasses do, as long as they don't do it here.
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Will the Mexican invaders pack up and go back to Mexico from having a guilty conscience ? \nNo, no guilty conscience.\n\nWill Western Union stop bleeding the Great U.S.A. by sending money to Mexico ?\nNo, it is great business for them.\n\nWill Vicente Fox share his wealth ?\nNo way, actually the children of his wife are stealing even more than him, and no, they won't share either.\n\n Will Mexico stop being poor and corrupt ? \nYes. If there is cooperation with the US, this can happen in six years.\n\nWill Mexicans stop speaking the language of the people that conquered them ? \nWe are mixed, we will speak both Spanish and native dialects.\n\nWill a border be built that is serious about security ? \nNo.\n\nWill President Bush not be influenced by his Mexican born sister in law ?\nNo.\n\n Will the U.S.A. grow up and have a real immigration policy ?\nNo.\n\n Will the U.S. have a non Hispanic attorney general ?\nNo, for the next three years.
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No Not exactly.... The corruption starts and end with red-tapism methods and it has no relavance with relegion.
140643
I would have to say no. A lot of the things they do are there to help us, and a lot do. But then there are a lot of things that don't. We need a change in this country. A reform. Maybe a revolution. The corrupted needs to be cleaned up.
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Not at all, it shouldn't.\nIn fact, if it's been condemned by European countries, and Canada, Mexico shouln't have any other position about it.\nAltougth, we have to be very carefully about dealing on this matters because the dificulties on the Mexico-USA relation have been having on the last times.
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auntb93... has some good advice, I would listen.  Having lived in Texas off and on most of my life, I have had a good deal of contact with the Mexican culture.  I am fluent in Spanish and I think I understand them.  For the most part The Mexicans outlook of life is somewhat different than ours.  Their government has been quite corrupt for about 90 years, it is just now trying to enter the real world of the 21st century.  Their military is anemic, and local police are mainly available for purchase at the right price.  There is a vast difference between the rich and poor in Mexico.  There is a very small middle class.  Money talks, when all else fails.
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It doesn't surprise me.  The public discussion is so corrupted by silly partisanship that the truth about immigration is hard to find.  BTW, my wife is from Mexico and she is against illegal immigration.  Larry Kudlow has written a column that does the best job of getting it right so far.
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It is not the election that has Mexico just about explode it is the crime has taken over. I was reading that the drug loads are cutting the heads police offices and putting their heads on display. To show they are the ones in charge.\n\nIt sound very bad down there. I do not think they will try to do any thing here. It will just make the US more likely to help out more in Mexico.
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Corruption has no barrier of border..it is everywhere..i think politicians all over the world are corrupted..