What do you think of Calderon's plan?

Question

many times i have heard on here that the illegals are doing us a favor as our growing elderly population is growing so, them paying into our social security will help us(hmm mrrm ) . well what about all the elderly they are leaving behind in mexico evidently the president of mexico thinks its a big problem he is offering companies incentives to pay young Mexicans higher wages. giving them an incentive to stay home and develop higher skills. This loss of labor can't go on forever. Mexico is losing people as it is (growth has slowed to 1.16% from 1.53% in 2000)
Calderon is up against not just market forces. Mexico's young people are leaving for El Norte even before they start looking for work in Mexico because their peers are doing it.

It also complements Calderon's emphasis on the rule of law. Unlike his predecessor, Vicente Fox, who sought amnesty for illegals in the U.S., he is urging the U.S. to accept more legal workers to end border chaos.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20070119/bs_...

Answer 1

I wish him well with it. The paying Mexicans better wages in Mexico part.

Your link didn't work for me. Here's another: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20070119/bs_ibd_ibd/2007118issues01

"For young people, wages are the big issue. Factory workers make about $11.20 a day -- livable in Mexico but a pittance compared with what awaits in the U.S., where an illegal worker can make more than an educated professional back home.

The high wages available north of the border not only break up families and empty out small towns. They also give Mexico's young an excuse to pass up school to labor in the U.S. at such jobs as picking produce, leaving them unskilled.

Nowhere is this more evident than in northern Mexico's maquiladora factories, which face a shortage of an estimated 100,000 workers. Those coming up from the central and southern states -- even those who are hirable -- walk right past the labor-hungry factories to enter the U.S. illegally.

Calderon's incentives will enable employers to offer better wages, and worker retention will encourage the upgrading of skills."

Answer 2

The illegals pay into our Soc. Sec. with stolen ID's. That money may be helping Soc. Sec. for now, but how much is going to be left for those Baby Boomers beginning to get Soc. Sec. now? And, does their contributions amount to enough to cover all the illegal aliens who are beginning to suck up those funds as well? I don't think so. As for Calderon's plans to encourage young people back to Mexico, it's a great idea, now that half of them have sent billions back and probably have enough money there to start a business and own a house, yeah, now bring 'em home. Now, that they've sucked billions out of the USA. Better late than never, though. I hope it works. Maybe he finally figured out what 'Brain Drain' is, and decided the drain needed to stop. I hope it helps their country. I believe if more would leave our country, WE'D benefit from it, too.

Answer 3

Hmmm. Only took the Mexican government a COUPLE HUNDRED YEARS to start thinking about an economy that doesnt involve sending 20 million illegal workers to the US. Way to go, Cheif! Another 200 years or so, you'll be OUT OF THE DARK AGES!!

Answer 4

Ok, so if they pay into social security it will fall apart in what 2018 not 2017?? Big deal, we need serious reform not more workers putting money in.

Answer 5

A good start, and about time. I also wish him luck in his war on the drug lords.