Did you know that the richest man in the world is a Mexican?
http://money.cnn.com/2007/08/03/news/international/carlosslim.fortune/
Carlos Slim, the richest man in the world - Aug. 6, 2007
Did you know that Mexico is not a poor country? Mexico is the world's 5th largest oil exporter and has the world's 12th largest economy, by GDP, according to the World Bank?
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/DATASTATISTICS/0,,contentMDK:20399244~menuPK:1504474~pagePK:64133150~piPK:64133175~theSitePK:239419,00.html
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Isn't it reasonable to assume that there is so much poverty in Mexico, because the Mexican government is corrupt and the Mexican elite are greedy?
And if that is true, aren't we simply perpetuating the root cause of the poverty in Mexico when we take in their poor and relieve the pressure, that should be on the Mexican government, to do something about poverty?
2007-09-11
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