Originally Posted by $5 submissions

Big difference between a bailout and helping systemic economic free market reforms. The same difference between a hand out (doesn't work/will never work) and a hand up (singapore, so korea, hong kong, japan, ireland, and all other previously poor "shit holes" that made it to the top). Free markets and capitalism work. Too bad, third world shitholes (my own country not exempted) are run by elites who are afraid of competition--they'd rather see their people migrate out than open the markets. That's the real problem.

Border Patrol can shoot (in self-defense or otherwise) as many border crossers they want, and the states can pass as many Arizona-type laws as they want, it won't fix the real problem. The real problem is that ECONOMIC MIGRATION is an unstoppable force. You fix it by helping ensure conditions that would enable people to make the RATIONAL ECONOMIC DECISION to stay home. And that answer is a DEVELOPED AND RICH MEXICO. All other options will fail--short of putting landmines on the border and treating like the No Korea/So Korea DMZ. People are ECONOMIC ANIMALS. So, the solution is ECONOMIC.

Mexico is a typical 3rd world country like my own--a small mafia owns the economy. Help the government break their grip and let Mexicans help themselves through a more open economy and you'll see less people want to cross the border. Crossing the border isn't easy--both physically and emotionally. A good economy makes it way way easier to stay at home.

So we can continue to treat this problem like a DRUG WAR problem--pour money at it, shit happens and people get killed. Or we can treat it like what it really is--an ECONOMIC IMBALANCE problem. The only solution is real CAPITALISM.