Trump’s Viciousness Against the Mexican People
For many decades, in their laments against illegal immigrants from Mexico, conservatives have repeatedly exclaimed, “Why doesn’t Mexico just get its economic house in order so that its citizens don’t have to ‘invade’ the United States to better their lives through labor?”
While economic conditions in Mexico are not desperate, like in Cuba or Venezuela, Mexico has always been — and continues to be — a very poor country economically. That’s because its economic system has always been based on a combination of socialism, regulation, and interventionism.
Nonetheless, Mexico has recently experienced fairly stable economic conditions. For example, in January, the country’s inflation rate was down to 3.69% — its lowest point since 2021. The Mexican peso has been fairly stable — at least there haven’t been any recent major devaluations.
One of the biggest factors in Mexico’s fairly good economic conditions has been the massive amount of trade with the United States. It is estimated that 80 percent of the goods that Mexico exports go to the United States.
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As we libertarians have long maintained, the more people are free to trade with others, the higher their standard of living will be. That’s because in every trade, people give up something they value less for something they value more. Thus, people can improve their economic well-being through the simple act of trade.
And that is precisely what Mexicans have been doing to improve their economic conditions. They have been trading with Americans. Part of this interactive trade has involved American businesses establishing themselves in Mexico, where they hire Mexican workers.
Given the wish that American right-wingers have expressed over the decades that Mexico get its economic house in order so that Mexicans will stay at home instead of “inv
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