Thread: Cornyn wants U.S. taxpayers to fund Mexican development

Cornyn wants U.S. taxpayers to fund Mexican development

'North American Investment Fund' billed as answer to illegal alien influx

WASHINGTON – Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, has quietly introduced a bill to create a "North American Investment Fund" that would tap U.S. and Canadian taxpayers for the development of public works projects in Mexico.

Despite assurances this week from White House press secretary Tony Snow that President Bush opposes the idea of a European Union superstate for North America, the effort, by one of the president's loyal supporters in the Senate, is sure to spark new questions about negotiations between the leaders of Canada, the U.S. and Mexico on issues ranging from security to the economy.

"Currently, a significant development gap exists between Mexico and the United States and Canada," Cornyn said. "I believe it is in our best interests to find creative ways to bridge this development gap."

Cornyn introduced the bill just before the July 4 holiday – admitting in his introductory comments that Congress is not likely to adopt his plan quickly. In fact, Cornyn previously attempted to create the new international fund in legislation he introduced in 2004. It soon thereafter died in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, where the latest version is headed.


Senate Bill 3622, co-sponsored by Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., specifically authorizes the president to "negotiate the creation of a North American Investment Fund between the governments of Canada, of Mexico, and of the U.S. to increase the economic competitiveness of North America in a global economy."

The fund, if it is ever created, won't just cost U.S. and Candian taxpayers more, it will also cost Mexican taxpayers a lot more.

Cornyn's bill requires the government of Mexico to raise tax revenue to 18 percent of the gross national product. The current tax rate is approximately 9 percent.

"The purpose of this fund is to reinforce efforts already underway in Mexico to ensure their (sic) own economic development," Cornyn said. "The funding would make grants available for projects to construct roads in Mexico, to facilitate trade, to develop and expand their education programs, to build infrastructure for the deployment of communications services and to improve job training and workforce development for high-growth industries."

As WND reported recently, opposition is mounting to similar programs, including President Bush's North American Security and Prosperity Partnership.

Plans by government agencies and private foundations alike promoting deeper cooperation between the three countries – including even a plan for a common currency called the "amero" – are getting more scrutiny in the media, by activists and by public officials.

Lou Dobbs of CNN – a frequent critic of Bush's immigration policies – has been most outspoken.

CNN's Lou Dobbs

"A regional prosperity and security program?" he asked rhetorically in a recent cablecast. "This is absolute ignorance. And the fact that we are – we reported this, we should point out, when it was signed. But, as we watch this thing progress, these working groups are continuing. They're intensifying. What in the world are these people thinking about? You know, I was asked the other day about whether or not I really thought the American people had the stomach to stand up and stop this nonsense, this direction from a group of elites, an absolute contravention of our law, of our Constitution, every national value. And I hope, I pray that I'm right when I said yes. But this is – I mean, this is beyond belief."

Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo.

Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., the chairman of the House Immigration Reform Caucus as well as author of the new book, "In Mortal Danger," may be the only elected official to challenge openly the plans for the new superstate.

Responding to a WorldNetDaily report, Tancredo is demanding the Bush administration fully disclose the activities of the government office implementing the trilateral agreement that has no authorization from Congress.

Tancredo wants to know the membership of the Security and Prosperity Partnership groups along with their various trilateral memoranda of understanding and other agreements reached with counterparts in Mexico and Canada.

Jim Gilchrist, co-founder of the Minutemen, welcomed Tancredo's efforts.

"It's time for the Bush administration to come clean," Gilchrist said. "If President Bush's agenda is to establish a new North American union government to supersede the sovereignty of the United States, then the president has an obligation to tell this to the American people directly. The American public has a right to know."

Geri Word, who heads the SPP office, told WND the work had not been disclosed because, "We did not want to get the contact people of the working groups distracted by calls from the public."

WND can find no specific congressional legislation authorizing the SPP working groups nor any congressional committees taking charge of oversight.

Many SPP working groups appear to be working toward achieving specific objectives as defined by a May 2005 Council on Foreign Relations task force report, which presented a blueprint for expanding the SPP agreement into a North American union that would merge the U.S., Canada and Mexico into a new governmental form.

But presidential spokesman Snow ruled out any consideration of a North American superstate a la the European Union.

WND White House correspondent Les Kinsolving asked if the president would categorically deny any interest in building a European Union-style superstate in North America.

"Of course, no," said Snow. "We're not interested. There is not going to be an EU in the U.S."

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If he wants to pull out his wallet and give money to a mexican I guess thats his business , When he wants to steal food off my table it becomes my business . NO WAY ! I AM NOT PUT ON THIS EARTH TO SUPPORT MEXICANS .

'North American Investment Fund' / North American Union.....?

Help? For cripe's sakes its a third world country what did they expect? Sounds like another money pit in the works?

The ports on the west Mexican coast that are being built to recieve the ships coming in from China in order to bypass the ports and unions on our west coast ARE ALREADY BEING BUILT WITH OUR TAX DOLLARS!!

I suggest they solicit funds from the Mexican "wealthiest man in the world." After all, they are his people.

Apparently using American taxpayers for the medical, education and numerous social services for illegals, isn't enough. I guess they want to drain the middle class completely dry.

First of all we have a temendous amount of aid, both public and private already going to Mexico. I doubt that the private aid--Mexico is the number one destination for international volunteer groups--will diminish. It is a trend that has been increasing over the last thirty years or more and will continue to be a growing phenomenon. If any thing perhaps we should cut foreign aid until our own borders are secured and American jobs protected.

If they want to increase their own taxes all well and good. Go ahead and tax those super rich Mexicans that are hogging the wealth while the poor people suffer. But the US shouldn't have additional tax because we've got plenty of our own people living in poverty.

It's going to be difficult for the US to remain competitive in exports. The US and Europe are no longer the only societies that can provide modern machinery and equipment to the rest of the world as we did throughout the 20th C. Microsoft and other big IT firms have provided a recent surge in exports--offsetting what was lost to Japanese automobile and electronic industries in the eighties--but the rise of China and India pose challenges ten times bigger than that of Japan. So American jobs should not be given away either by insourcing or outsourcing.

Since Bush has been president, our government has made an effort to make everything in our lives about Mexico and the poor Mexican people. I want everything that relates to Mexico out of our lives, including their people and their government. Let Mexico take care of Mexico and the Mexican people...It shouldn't be the American people's problem! That fence needs to be built immediately!

They talk about reform here in the US with immigration and other things, how about some reform in mexico, nobody say's squat about the corrupt mexican government, mexicans should fix there own government. If they put half the energy protesting for change down there, it would improve.

What the hell is wrong with these people? They can come up with more mischief than a unsupervised group of 3 years olds. How do you keep up with these idiots? Do they spend all their time writing bills they know nobody will want? I wonder if any of them at any time consider what's best for the American people or do they have a political death wish. Geez!!