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Real wages for 90 percent of americans are declining. You are terrible people if you want that trend to continue.

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No, you're a terrible person if you think Americans "deserve" to make a few extra thousand whereas Mexicans don't deserve to eat.

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Well, "deserve" is a moral or ethical judgment, not really an objective standard. Blue-collar Americans are not to be faulted for placing their own interests first, just as you are not to be faulted for putting your own self-interest above the interests of your opponents when you try to win over them at poker.

Also, I'm afraid I still don't fully understand why Mexico apparently can't become prosperous in its own right: Mexico has a large and eager work force, as well as abundant natural resources including oil, so...why must Mexicans move to the United States in order to eat?

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Their government is even worse than ours? You are confusing Mexicans (the nationality) with Mexicans (the individuals) here, I think. The individuals are coming here because thats where the jobs are. I don't know why the nationality can't create more jobs or whatever, I don't know anything about Mexican economics.