08-29-2004, 06:50 PM
True enough that millions still press northward, but that will always be true until the gap between types of opportunities and quality of life disappear. I would say that conditions are improving, but not that have achieved equity. I view international working conditions and wage gaps as in effect high and low pressure systems. Whenever disparate systems collide there is bound to be a storm until things equalize. The past 20 years of liberalizations have removed the artificial restraints causing the some economic upheavals as the system naturally seeks equilibrium. Population growth is a problem when the nations resources cannot supply the masses, whether that be land, water, food or all of the above.
[QUOTE]My own observation is that the loopholes that allow for exploitation of lax enforcement of Mexico's environmental standards result in a poisoning the Mexico's land in return for "economic development and growth." Does anyone really learn the lessons of the real costs of industrialization?[quote]Yes, the holes of compromise poked into seemingly good ideas to accomodate the powerful wealthy campaign donors, while containing the veneer of fairness to fool the constituency.
[QUOTE]My own observation is that the loopholes that allow for exploitation of lax enforcement of Mexico's environmental standards result in a poisoning the Mexico's land in return for "economic development and growth." Does anyone really learn the lessons of the real costs of industrialization?[quote]Yes, the holes of compromise poked into seemingly good ideas to accomodate the powerful wealthy campaign donors, while containing the veneer of fairness to fool the constituency.