Thread: Getting along with our neighbors Ruben Navarrette Jr.

Ruben Navarrette Jr.

Getting along with our neighbors

UNION-TRIBUNE
June 25, 2008

TIJUANA – Mexico and the United States have a twisted relationship.
Dysfunctional: Each country likes to blame the other for its problems, and neither is eager to accept responsibility. [b]Making matters worse, history comes with hard feelings; the United States claimed it was “manifest destinyâ€

This is funny and very ironic.
Mexicans cross by the thousands to give birth to anchor babies, paid for by American taxpayers. And THEY get mad at Americans coming over to buy gas at a discount?
Why don't they stay on their side of the border and we will stay on our side? Sounds fair to me.

The Americans are clearly taking advantage. One reason the price of gas in Mexico is so low is that the government controls the petroleum industry and subsidizes the product. It does this to help Mexicans, not their neighbors. The issue has become such a sore spot that some angry residents of Tijuana are demanding that government officials do something – perhaps impose an additional tax on gas that gets pumped into foreign vehicles.

Much like we Americans are FORCED to subsidize illegal aliens? Now the residents of Tijuana are angry? Oh boo hoo, grow up! They want the mexican government to racial profile?