I’ve been living in Mexico for seven years, and to call Mexico socialist is absolutely ludicrous. In Mexico, if you have neither money nor medical insurance and are critically ill, you may very well die for lack of medical attention. Even the Mexican Red Cross clinics charge for services.

Mexico is a business owner’s dream, and this is why so many American small business owners leave the United States and open shop in Mexico. Why operate a restaurant franchise in Arizona when you can come to Mexico where you can hire your slaves at $3.50/day? Many restaurants have a dozen waiters even though the amountn of business scarcely justifies it. Why not> Thirty-five dollars a day for a dozen slaves? Chump change. There’s no such thing as consumer protection in Mexico. There isn’t even any such thing as consumer recalls. Lay’s potato chips is called Sabritas down here, and inside you’ll often find a quarter-sized plastic coin for little kiddies to choke on. Even adults occasionally pop the coins into their mouths while munching on the chips, almost breaking their teeth or choking to death (I’m not joking). Foreign car manufacturers are not bound to recall their lemons in Mexico, and there’s absolutely no authority that has the power to order any kind of vehicles, including trucks, off the road for mechanical reasons.

Business owners don’t have to worry about getting sued, because you can only sue for actual damages and each side has to pay for an attorney. You’ll find businesses, such as restaurants, with crater-pocked parking areas and steep-drops. No importa (not important), the owner pays the bribe (la mordida) and the problem goes away.

Mexico is a neocon’s dream. Free enterprise like you wouldn’t believe. Lazze Faire all the way. And oh yes, these days prices are about what they are in the United States – or even higher. Why open a Burger King in the United States when you can charge the same at your Burhger King in Mexico and reap higher profits with slave labor?

By
Jesus Torres

I think the Majority of the readers here Completely missed Mr.Navarettes Point. He isn’t whining and complaining about Americans stealing mexican gas. He is pointing out the Co-Dependancy of the 2 nations. Americans are traveling to Mexico for medical and dental care because they can’t afford it here. American companies along the U.S/Mexican Border are sending FLEETS of their 18 wheelers to fill up on DIESEL! because their companies would go under if not for the cheap Diesel prices in Mexico. I hear some of you complaining about the quality of gas in Mexico, fair enough. It’s a legitimate concern. But If I’m not mistaken, Diesel is made using the same standards in Mexico as it is in America. I might be wrong. So to say that Mexico isn’t an important factor in these hard American times, is both inaccurate and Irresponsible.