As IF Times

Mexico issues travel alert over new Arizona law.

As if.  What are they going to say to their disgruntled citizens?  Illegally emigrate somewhere else?  Try Canada?  Again simple logic tells you that if you are a legitimate citizen of  the U.S. or legitimately travelling there, what’s the big deal?  There’s all manner of chest beating about random harassment.  Heck I feel that way when I get a speeding ticket.  Seldom have I played the race card on that one.

As I pointed out in a previous posting, the real reasons Mexico don’t want their illegals harassed in the U.S. are entirely pragmatic.   Firstly, those that are criminals, they don’t want back.  Secondly, the amount of monies repatriated to families back home by those working in the U.S. is a huge sum of money.   Though hard to put a number on these funds because some of it is in cash and others by traceable means, the numbers are substantial.  According to Wikipedia’s data from the World Bank, remittances have consistently hovered over 21 billion dollars a year to Mexico from the U.S.   Interestingly, this number is down from previous years from the 25 to 26 billion dollar range because of construction slowdowns in the U.S.

So the Mexican government would prefer to keep this hidden part of their revenue stream going.  Especially since the war against their narcotics gangs is escalating and expensive.  Out of a discussion with a deranged colleague recently, a solution was proposed to Mexico’s problems and indirectly can solve America’s immigration problem.

Mexico can declare war on the U.S.

It would be a short and virtually bloodless war actually, but in doing so, Mexico can give up and be the “vanquished” nation.  In that role, they would be eligible for all kinds of rebuilding and economic aid from the Americans who seem to have a history of doing these things.  With the border gone, voila, no more illegal immigration.  No more harassment of illegals, it’ll just be regular harassment.  A huge cheap labor force is right at the doorstep.  Take that China.  Mexico’s drug war will be America’s problem now, but at least they can marshall the forces of its full military to combat it.

Naturally Obamacare would cover the new constituency of citizens since that’s the right thing to do.  Demand for doctors would skyrocket and resources can be shifted away from those studying to be lawyers.  Unions would have an entire new country’s worth of people to pillage.  All the gringos in Hollywood who have been upset at not paying enough wages to their house staff can now happily pay new American level wages.

At the moment, the richest man in the world, Carlos Slim lives in Mexico.  When the takeover happens, the U.S. will have a huge new victim for its tax coffers, move over Warren and Bill.   Tourists will no longer have to do mental gymnastics in currency conversion when purchasing trinkets in the new Mexican state.  They can overpay for things in good old U.S. currency instead.

And let’s not forget an important side benefit.  Tequilla would be domestic.