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Quote by: rmnunez  Migration from Mexico has more to do with the fact one is paid 8 to 10 times more for the same job in the US than anything else.
Though the Mexican government could certainly do more to promote conditions fostering employment, governments in general don't control their economies which tend to improve and generate jobs or not based on market trends and business cycles.
Governments try to control their economies using tax incentives, interest rates, trade barriers and through infrastructural improvements. But the Mexican government inadequately taxes and lacks the resources, it has been ridden with corruption for eons and unaccustomed to accounting for much. Right now the hot topic in Mexican politics is the proposed national reforms which would include constitutional amendments and a much more effective tax system. Naturally this worries a lot of people who tend to adopt the traditional political postures. Maneuvering fiscal incentives, trade barriers and infrastructural upgrades to promote economic development is hard enough when done by a fully-developed superpower with a huge population and a tremendous economy, when this is attempted by an inexperienced and much poorer government in a lesser-developed country, success is more uncertain. |
Perhaps one option would be to remove restrictions on foreign investment in Mexico. Personally, I think that our government has failed in diplomacy over the issue of "illegal immigrants". We should be negotiating an easing of restrictions on US investment and property ownership within Mexico in return for a more flexible "guest worker" program.
All we ever hear about are the demands of the Mexican government in regards to their "citizens" on this side of the border, and the problems of illegal immigration. What is the Mexican government willing to give in return for our assistance and relaxation of work regulations across the border?
That's the real meaning of diplomacy, which the US government is obviously lacking in.
Keith