2006 Soap Box Archives

Mexican Conundrum 06/05/06

It is no mystery why Mexicans want to come across the American border.
The reason is prosperity; this country is the richest and most advanced
in the world.

But did you ever stop and consider why there is nothing to keep them at
home? Why is Mexico with oil reserves, fertile agricultural areas and
ample tourist attractions not able to provide living wage jobs for its
citizens, why do they encourage them to come to America, legally or
illegally?

The reason is simple. In Mexico the power is and always has been
concentrated in the hands of a few, a very few, who through
inheritance, graft and greed have held on to the reins of government in
Mexico for too many decades to count.

There is no middle class to speak of in Mexico, there are the haves and
the have nots and absolutely nothing is being done to change that
situation. Vincente Fox was so vocal about what he would do if elected
but it was all just chaff that the wind blew away after he became El
Presidente.

The Mexican people have helplessly been living on broken political
promises for centuries as leader after leader tries to identify with
the common man only to show their true colors once they have their
votes.

Corruption in Mexico has become a way of life. Mordita changes hands at
the highest levels of government and Mexico City is inundated with
millionaires while the under classes are forced to take drastic action
to feed their families, actions like crossing the desert in the hands
of a mercenary coyote and entering the United States illegally.

The violence of the drug trade scares off an awful lot of tourist
dollars and it’s not getting any better, regardless of
Fox’s pre election promises. I used to go to Mexico on a regular basis,
but I have no interest in stepping foot across the border any more.

There is a very real danger that Mexico could become a communist
country in the not so distant future as one of the rising political
stars is a communist.

The Mexican government will never do anything to stop the flow of
illegals and to think so is Alice in Wonderland. They palm off their
responsibility on the U.S.A. instead of using the resources of the
nation to improve life and employment for the masses. They hoard the
wealth of Mexico and keep the party of the rich in power.

The immigration problem is not going away and will become more and more
serious as time goes by.
The media tends to portray every Mexican who crosses the border as a
hard working bracero coming across the border to work and better
support their families and many of them are. But what of the violent
street gangs, the drug smugglers, the rabbal rousers and the potential
terrorists.

There is no civilized country in the world that allows undocumented
people to come into their country at will, and no civilized country can
maintain the status quo for very long allowing it to happen.

In the years to come we will be forced to deal with this problem
in a lot of ways. It will become pandemic, militant and dangerous
and until we get some people in Washington who have enough guts to deal
with it, it’s just going to get bigger and bigger.

Don’t be fooled by the bill the Senate has going now. It’s a
meaningless piece of paper.

Pray for our troops.

What do you think?

God Bless America

Charlie Daniels

 

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