Canada braces for US attack

[SlowwHand]

And how successful was the Mexican infrastructure with dealing with it, Oerdin? Inadequate plumbing, shanty housing, but to you and Imran, all is well.

I'm out of this. You think what you want.

[MrFun]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
I'm a Texan. I'm special.

Yes you are . . . .




but not in a flattering way.

[Imran Siddiqui]

I wonder if Sloww thinks there was no inadequate plumbing or shanty towns in Mexico prior to NAFTA?

[snoopy369]

I wonder if Sloww thinks there's no inadequate plumbing or shanty towns in Amarillo?

[Dinner]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
And how successful was the Mexican infrastructure with dealing with it, Oerdin? Inadequate plumbing, shanty housing, but to you and Imran, all is well.

I'm out of this. You think what you want.

Actually the greater stability and economic growth has greatly helped Mexico and its government. It's given Mexico's government the money to build new roads, expand education & social services, and generally develop the place. Sure, it is still a third world country but it is a 3rd world country which now has the looks of a 1st world country in many ways.

Just visit Mexico and see the new freeways, the electricification program which has reached even the worst slum areas which previously didn't have electricity, the schools & universities built, and numerous other public works. The air ports sure look shiny. Yes, over all there are still numerous rural poor but the cities have never looked better or had more opportunities especially given the large numbers of jobs foreign owned factories have created due to NAFTA.

You can't honestly have expected free trade to turn a 3rd world country into a first world country over night? There has been a lot more progress lately though and it is in no small part due to NAFTA.

[snoopy369]

Originally posted by Oerdin


Actually the greater stability and economic growth has greatly helped Mexico and its government. It's given Mexico's government the money to build new roads, expand education & social services, and generally develop the place. Sure, it is still a third world country but it is a 3rd world country which now has the looks of a 1st world country in many ways.

Just visit Mexico and see the new freeways, the electricification program which has reached even the worst slum areas which previously didn't have electricity, the schools & universities built, and numerous other public works. The air ports sure look shiny. Yes, over all there are still numerous rural poor but the cities have never looked better or had more opportunities especially given the large numbers of jobs foreign owned factories have created due to NAFTA.

You can't honestly have expected free trade to turn a 3rd world country into a first world country over night? There has been a lot more progress lately though and it is in no small part due to NAFTA.

Sadly, a lot of FT opponents do just that... and most of them don't give a $#^@ about Mexico's improvements, they just point to the number of jobs "lost", as if it were a zero sum game or something. God forbid both countries grow together...

Fortunately, this is one element both parties once in power seem to understand: NAFTA works, and they're not dumb enough to try canceling it. Hopefully the politicians will continue being only partly dumb...

[Dinner]

The politicians listen to the people who give them money. The businesses, investors, and other moneyed interests all like free trade.

The only exceptions seem to be unions who don't want foreign competition and a few America Firsters who are political dinosaurs.

[MrFun]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
I wonder if Sloww thinks there was no inadequate plumbing or shanty towns in Mexico prior to NAFTA?

[notyoueither]

Originally posted by DinoDoc
Why would we annex a waterfall rather than where your oil is?

Because we have guns. Lots of them.

[notyoueither]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
I don't like NAFTA. Neither the USA, Mexico nor Canada has benefited from it. USA lost out jobs. Mexico wasn't ready and would never be ready; and Canda got things stuffed down their throat, one of which would be putting corporate headquarters there with no other activity, unless I'm misinformed.

You're misinformed.

[DRoseDARs]

Canada, you can have your waterfall. We'll just take your not-so-icy waters to the north...

[Kuciwalker]

The video, "Welcome: Portraits of America," is to be played at select airports in the United States - starting at Dulles International Airport outside Washington, D.C., and George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston - and at U.S. embassies abroad.

The photos were all from America, just not all from the United States

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by notyoueither
Because we have guns. Lots of them.

We have more.

[Wezil]

My work here is finished. The Americans are fighting amongst themselves. The true north remains strong and free.

[DinoDoc]

Your problem is that the one's that know where you are, now are making plans for the invasion and dismemberment of your country. (We still don't want Quebec.)