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Nearly half of all Mexicans want to move to US
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It says that if given the chance to enter and live legally in the US, 40% would do it. Hey, if it improves their chances of getting a dream job, a sweet-looking home theater system, and a hot rod car, why not? Although, I am sure most of the surveyed people hasn't thought it through: to what schools will they send their kids?
Run the same poll in any other country and you'll get the same result.
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I thought they had snuck in already!
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Originally Posted by Y3a
I thought they had snuck in already!
You beat me to it!  I was going to say, this was a poll conducted in America, data taken from the half of them that already reside in the US. 
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Originally Posted by Kerrigan
Yes, very good idea. This would end all of your problems with illegal immigration once and for all and my girlfriend wouldn't need a visa to fly via the US to Europe 
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Originally Posted by OreoCookie
Yes, very good idea. This would end all of your problems with illegal immigration once and for all and my girlfriend wouldn't need a visa to fly via the US to Europe
And the US would instantly have a higher per capita of Smart people then it currently has.
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Originally Posted by Kerrigan
No way. The US government would end up over-taxing and over-regulating the Tequila industry until the only ones left are the big companies and I for one don't want Cuervo to be my only choice. Cuervo is garbage.
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Originally Posted by Kerrigan
I'd be curious to know their reasons.
On the other hand, maybe this is simply a slow version of an exodus from crime, corruption, oppression and powerlessness?
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On Leno the other night:
"A new poll came out today saying that 40% of Mexicans would like to move to the US. The other 60% are already here"
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Originally Posted by Y3a
I thought they had snuck in already!
Well, see, while your warriors are out in Iraq, about some immaterial threat, your country is slowly invaded by Mexicans.
Talk about being ****** in the behind.
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And your country was moving its lips and warming chairs.
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Originally Posted by Spliffdaddy
And your country was moving its lips and warming chairs.
Yeah. That is one great argumentation your holding there.
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You gotta tame the beast before you let it out of its cage.
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Originally Posted by Pendergast
Well, see, while your warriors are out in Iraq, about some immaterial threat, your country is slowly invaded by Mexicans.
Talk about being ****** in the behind.
Hey people! Someone who has no idea what they're talking about. 
Care to elaborate on the correlation? 
Didn't think so. NEXT!
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Iraq is brought up in evvvery siiingle thread, I'm so ****ing tired of hearing about Iraq why don't they just blow it up or leave it alone so we don't have to hear about it any longer
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The sad fact is that most of those who would like to move to the U.S. from Mexico see their own country as so bogged down in scandal, corruption, and a heavily stratified class system (if you look Indian, you're MUCH lower class than someone who looks European), and the only way to get away from all that is to leave the country.
Frankly, I really can't see that view as incorrect. After almost a century of the "Institutional Revolution," Mexico has proven to be almost impossible to govern fairly and honestly.
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Originally Posted by idjeff
Hey people! Someone who has no idea what they're talking about.
Care to elaborate on the correlation?
Didn't think so. NEXT!
I was just being ironic. Sorry you did not get it.
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Originally Posted by Kerrigan
Iraq is brought up in evvvery siiingle thread, I'm so ****ing tired of hearing about Iraq why don't they just blow it up or leave it alone so we don't have to hear about it any longer
Well, Iraq is going to be part of American Life for the next few years. Get used to it.
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Why does the whole world need to stay in touch with American life?
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Originally Posted by Kerrigan
Why does the whole world need to stay in touch with American life?
Did you not notice?
They are #1 in everything, the best country in the world, and according to many in these boards, they are the only one with the right way of life.
That is like a magnet that attracts all forms of criticism. 
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Originally Posted by Pendergast
I was just being ironic. Sorry you did not get it.
Sorry, don't see the irony either. What does the US military have to do with illegal immigration from Mexico? It's not the duty of the military to stop immigration, and besides, Bush won't ever put troops on the border to stop it (he seems to think that there's nothing wrong with illegal immigration of Mexicans.) We have the INS to inadequetly deal with border immigration.
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Originally Posted by Pendergast
Did you not notice?
They are #1 in everything, the best country in the world, and according to many in these boards, they are the only one with the right way of life.
That is like a magnet that attracts all forms of criticism.
Kind of like your post.
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Originally Posted by idjeff
Kind of like your post.
Sounds like irony is out of your scope...
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Why is there always money for war, but none for education?
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Nah, we're just starting to hire more housekeepers, construction laborers, and farm workers for pennies on the dollar.
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Originally Posted by Pendergast
Sounds like irony is out of your scope...
It must be.
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I'm sure that people will have no qualms with moving away from the US after it becomes Mexico 2. Let's be honest with ourselves, would you really want to live in a country where the majority of people are from Mexico?
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Originally Posted by Kerrigan
I'm sure that people will have no qualms with moving away from the US after it becomes Mexico 2. Let's be honest with ourselves, would you really want to live in a country where the majority of people are from Mexico?
That's it. I am cancelling my green card request.
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