Middle class disappearing in Mexico?

Question

I know about the corruption going on but why is the gap widening? I thought the free trade agreement was to help the mexican people in having more industry there. If we are so good at getting mixed up in human affairs all over the world, why aren't we just taking over Mexico and force the government to do something about the plight of their people. We do it everywhere else in the world.

question got on twice cuz I used back button to add details and it posted twice. Sorry.

Answer 1

The middle class has been growing since the 1990s. The 80s were a dire time for the middle class, but since the end of that decade, things have been looking up.

As for free trade, all it did was put Mexican farmers at a disadvantage to American imports (thus causing more people to grow poorer). In addition, privatization helped to concentrate corporate power in the hands of the few.

Answer 2

(not sure why you asked this twice, but I'll answer twice)

Yes they have plenty of oil, which is why they should be rich but they are just BEYOND corrupt in Mexico.

As for middle class disappearing in Mexico... I wasn't aware there was a middle class? They are dirt poor, and the drug dealers and corrupt government folks are rich, which is why at least 50% say they want to come to the United States, while already about 10% live here.

I'm just really confused about the question because I don't think Mexico is "going down hill", I think they've been sitting at the bottom of it for a long time.

As for "taking over"... what? What other country have we "taken over"? We've gone to war over threats, whether you agree with that or not... we didn't envelope these countries to make them part of the US... That's just dumb. We're already handling Mexico's poor problem by spending billions in social programs on illegal immigrants... do we really want to take 100 million + more of them?

Answer 3

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/games/border-patrol.html