Pro's & Con's of making Mexico part of the U.S.A.

Facts about Mexico

Mexico has a free market economy, and is firmly established as an upper middle-income country[17] with the highest per capita income in nominal terms in Latin America,[18] and it is the 13th largest economy in the world as measured in Gross Domestic Product in purchasing power parity.[19] After the 1994 economic debacle, Mexico has made an impressive recovery, building a modern and diversified economy.[18] Recent administrations have also improved infrastructure and opened competition in seaports, railroads, telecommunications, electricity generation, natural gas distribution and airports.

According to the director for Colombia and Mexico of the World Bank, the population in extreme poverty has decreased from 24.2% to 17.6% in the general population and from 42% to 27.9% in rural areas from 2000-2004.[20] Nonetheless, income inequality remains a problem, and huge gaps remain not only between rich and poor but also between the north and the south, the urban and the rural areas. Sharp contrasts in income and Human Development are also a grave problem in Mexico. The 2004 United Nations Human Development Index report for Mexico states that, Benito Juárez, one of the districts in the Distrito Federal and San Pedro Garza García, in the State of Nuevo León, would have a similar level of economic, educational and life expectancy development to that of Germany or New Zealand and Metlatonoc in the state of Guerrero, would have an HDI similar to that of Malawi.[21][22]

Many of the positive effects in poverty reduction and the increase in purchasing power of the middle class are attributed to the macroeconomic stability pursued by the last two administrations. GDP annual average growth for the period of 1995-2002 was 5.1%.[23] The economic downturn in the United States also caused a similar pattern in Mexico, of which it rapidly recovered to grow 4.1% in 2005 and 3% in 2005. Inflation has reached a record low of 3.3% in 2005, and interest rates are low, which have spurred credit-consumption in the middle class. The Fox administration also provided monetary stability: budget deficit was further reduced and foreign debt was decreased to less than 20% of GDP.[23] Mexico shares, with Chile the highest rating of long-term sovereign credit in Latin America.

Being one of the most open countries in the world, almost 90% of Mexican trade has been put under free trade agreements with over 40 countries, of which the North American Free Trade Agreement remains the most influential: close to 90% of Mexican exports go to the United States and Canada, and close to 55% from its imports come from these two countries. Other major trade agreements have been signed with the European Union, Japan, Israel and many countries in Central and South America.

Tourism in Mexico is a large industry, the third in importance. The most notable tourist draws are the ancient Meso-American ruins, and popular beach resorts. The coastal climate and unique culture – a fusion of the European (particularly Spanish) and the Meso-American – also make Mexico attractive. The peak tourists seasons in Mexico are during December and during July and August, with brief surges during the week before Easter and surges during spring break at many of the beach resort sites which are popular with vacationing college students from the United States.

Ongoing economic concerns include the commercial and financial dependence on the US,[24] low real wages, underemployment for a large segment of the population, inequitable income distribution (top 20% of income earners account for 55% of income), and few advancement opportunities for the largely Amerindian population in the impoverished southern states

How about if the US becomes part of Mexico instead?

annexation? wrote:

why not ...

we annexed texas (used to be owned by mexico)

mexico is not that much bigger

Good comparison, Mexico is much more poluted than Texas was back then, but the Mexican people are smarter than Texans.

Win some, lose some...

actually with the influx of mexicans (illegal or legal)

mexico is half-way there...

There are more legal mexicans living in USA than New Zealanders in total.

There are more illegal mexicans living in USA than Australians altogether.....

I do like Taco Bell though!

I love peeps wrote:

MS 13

Wrong country. MS-13 is from El Salvador.

el salvador, parador, guacomole...it's all the same

The sad thing is I bet all of you believe yourselves to be educated, you are all just ignorant bastards making dumb ass comments on stereotypes.

Pro's: nappy headed Hoe's :-)

I pray this never happens, it would ruin the U.S. unless we adopted a more free market system. The poor in the U.S. get a free ride regarding taxes now, imagine if we doubled ore more the number of poor we had. We'd be in deep shit economically.

We would suffer from tortilla shortage.

pro: corona would be cheaper.

Budweiser stock would go through the roof,...oops, sorry, another ignorant stereotype.

One day the USA will be the USE. The United States of Earth. The new world order.