01-26-2017, 03:26 PM
(01-26-2017, 03:18 PM)Benton Wrote: My brother and his family go to Reynosa every year with their church to build houses for people who need them. It's a pretty violent city controlled by drug cartels. The people don't have any way of opposing them, so the cartels do what they want. It's a pretty rough place, and I can only see those people getting stronger going this direction as they'll have more money and more control over who comes and goes.
I assume he plans on "making them pay for it" by cutting off the $400ish million we give them each year in economic and military aide. Which is a hugely dumb idea.
Sure, it will allow him to say he's "making" them pay for it, but a big chunk of that money goes to Mexico because we've got a giant border and they don't have the resources to defend/patrol it for us. If we cut off that aide, I imagine one of the first things Mexico does is end their patrols along the border (because why should they give a crap if people go north and send money home).
While it would be stupid Trump is all about cosmetics and I'm sure he would have no problem going that route. It would make him look good to his followers and that's all that matters. Not the meat and potatoes of his decision just the way it looks on paper.
It makes more sense to me to help build them up not try to isolate ourselves from Mexico. We are all on this world and continent together and there is no going back from that. Our continent would be a pretty great place compared to the rest of the world if Canada, Mexico and USA would all be prosperous. Maybe that's just a dream but we'd all be stronger if we could help pull each other up.
