Gustavo on PBS, Arguing Why Mexicans Will Never Vote Republican!

• Thanks!

• Boy u are one ugly fucker Gus.

• "Ask a piece of Mexcrement"

• ...and then they blow it on the culture argument. Did you not view the video?

• oh wow

• Actually, I think Gustavo has the perfect "investigative report" that would rock the OC religious community (with reach around the US and World for that matter). There is lots of reach to other big SoCal names, smuggling cash, adulteries, molestations, cover-ups, IRS violations, child abuse, $13 million going to family, etc etc etc.

• Haha!  "SINGLE original thought".  Thats pretty rico coming from you who have based your entire career on the column that was conceived and assigned to you by your WHITE MALE editor.  Your taco truck reviews wouldn't get you national coverage but HIS idea did.  Now you have ridden that wave to the head of your WEAK paper,  lets see some journalism.  Like an investigative report on how the back page ads you run facilitate and perpetuate underage prostitution.

• To say that Mexicans will never vote GOP because of a single issue (immigration) is wildy over-generalized. Given that many immigrant Latinos are devout Catholics, they often connect very profoundly with Republicans on issues like abortion and gay marriage.

• The best idea I've heard of dividing the state into two is L. A. and environs, and everything else.

• The fact that this story gets Gustavo's message out is actually beside the point. I hear plenty of people from the other side of the aisle interviewed (politely) also. Either side complaining about PBS favoring points of view opposing theirs are cherry picking. 100% balanced? That's an ideal that would be impossible to achieve but they do OK. I trace my family in the country to a German immigrant in 1858, I had a great-great-great-great grandmother that died in the SLO area in 1828 (when there were damn few/no women from the states on the coast, what was with that???), I have Choctaw heritage on my father's side (ever hear of the "Trail of Tears"?), California natives on my mother's, I qualify as a person with long heritage and I disagree with the idea that by advocating for justice for immigrants my heritage is denigrated. It's not a zero-sum game, all gain when justice is served.

• Funny how you have not a SINGLE original thought. Cribbing from LA Observed, eh?

• with the donkey? Dime que no!

• But I'm sure they voted for Mario Hernandez mayor of San Fregando who just let drop that he's tagging chula council member Maribel de la Torre.  You see, like mayor Tony Villar, once a caballero gets elected, its time to swing the pito un poco.  Adios esposa, bienvenidos chifladas. Oh, and he also filed for corporate and personal BK and lost his bizniss.  He did all this as his WIFE was sitting in the front row.  Que orgullo!  But we could never vote repuke, jamas!   We got standards ese!

• The irony is that to be 'naturalized', you are supposed to be able to speak English.

• Bill T, let's look at who gets interviewed for this story -- two people who I am willing to bet $50 bucks have exactly zero grandparents who were born in the US between them. Maybe not even any parents born in the US between them. Where is the viewpoint of those of us who have a long history -- familial history -- in this country? Why do only recent immigrants and their immediate relatives get a say in this debate?

• Me, support Loretta? Have you ever read the OC Weekly?

• Gustavo, you haven't met a Texan Latino.... Social class does not trump economic class in the Lone Star State.

• Because a sucker crosses the border every minute ???

• So do most porno queens...

• Or it could be that Mexico has been torn apart these 500 years because every inspired "leader" of that last 500 years has been some self-serving jagoff who'd rather sell his own people than support them and their needs.

• Not entirely empty - the other 99% of the filling is bullsh*t.

• "...we get even at the ballot box." If your tacit support for politicians like Loretta Sanchez is your idea of getting even, have you considered the possibility that you've assimilated too much?

• Well, if 'near' is defined as 10 percentage points below that -- i.e. only 2/3 the rate you claim. (For you who took "Math for the Associate Arts Degree' that is 20%. http://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/01/nyregion/20-dropout-rate-found-for-italian-americans.html

• Because we follow after you, silly!

• Claro, I hear the far left complaining about PBS being in the right's pocket and the far right screaming about the PBS being the leader of the commy liberal press. It appears to me to be a matter of perspective.

• Case in point: Koch bros coopting people via the "Tea Party" to advance their agenda. Yah, it's to my advantage to pay a higher tax rate than the wealthy.

• Feel free to choose to be as ignorant as you like. It's an inconvenience for others, you are the main loser.

• A better question is how come mexicans don't bathe on a regular basis/

• Gustavo, thanky ou for your hard work, you have out done yourself here, way to go brother!!

• Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah.....................Blau, Blau............

• It just very Rooney-esque!

• Which is why I'm a huge supporter of Rubio and Susana Martinez.  I would like to see more of them on a national stage. 

• LOL on the Andy Rooney. I thought the same thing, but didn't voice it. That would be funny. "Ask a Mexican" would be a great replacement for Rooney! Gustavo, get an Agent (I'm sure you can find one in the OC :-) ..produce a pilot/sample and pitch 60 minutes!

• Yes, many Latinos vote republican (especially Cuban Nationals/descendents). I have many Latino friends who served in the military, are very conservative, very religious, etc. Ya, they don't sign on for 100% of the R stuff, but they are philosophically opposed to more of the D platform than R platform. However, Gustavo might be correct that a "Majority" of the Latino Vote will never go R in a National Election. 60-40 seems to be the consistent split these days, I think G is saying we won't see "that" change, not that millions of Latinos don't vote R.

• DAMN! go into Turkey Coma and you miss all the fun!  Gustavo, was this your pitch piece for you to get Andy Rooney's spot on 60 min?  You ever wonder whyyyyyyyy latinos wont vote republican?   (Which by the way mi esposa will be... and her hermanos and hermanas and Nana and her Nina and Nino... Her dad and grandfather are are a different story they are teamsters and her dad will only vote republican whenever gun control comes up.  Very passionate about the second amendment) 

• Looks like you struck a nerve with this one. 140 comments and counting! :-)

• I am married to one Mexican (born and raised) who has never voted Democrat since she became a citizen!!!

• And the dropout rate among Italian-Americans in NYC around the late 1980s was near 30 percent—so what's your point?

• Talk about deluded...

• Gustavo and many others are perplexed that we don't welcome unlimited illegal immigration from his country.  He is quick to cite racism as the cause of this attitude.  In reality, the opposition to massive uncontrolled immigration from mexico is well founded.  The reasons are many but the one I will dwell on is the lack of emphasis on education amongst the immigrant community.  Yesterdays' NY times did an exhaustive article detailing the near complete failure of mexicans in NYC to educate themselves.  Here is a brief excerpt: --- About 41 percent of all Mexicans between ages 16 and 19 in the city have dropped out of school, according to census data. No other major immigrant group has a dropout rate higher than 20 percent, and the overall rate for the city is less than 9 percent, the statistics show. This crisis endures at the college level. Among Mexican immigrants 19 to 23 who do not have a college degree, only 6 percent are enrolled. That is a fraction of the rates among other major immigrant groups and the native-born population. ---- Given that the population of mexicans is exploding and they are not interested in going to school, how can their be any hope for them achieving anything but being a perpetual underclass?  Importation of poverty will be the end of our nation.

• Wow Stephen really wiped the floor with him.  Not unusual though.

• "Cheap migrant workers drive capitalist economys all over the world. They always have, and always will, we might have to ante up to help with their health care, but in return they keep the economy stable to allow us educated folks to have the high paying jobs most of us enjoy." First of all, wages have been stagnant for twenty years. Second, there are economies that do just fine without migrant workers, aka Japan, Iceland. Third, we 'ante up' far more than we get in return for cheap labor -- that is why the state is broke. Forth, I go to In-n-Out, I see Americans working 'jobs Americans won't do'? How can In-n-Out do it but you can't? In fact, go to most parts of the country and the line cooks etc. will be Americans. It is only immigrant saturated areas where Mexicans dominate the kitchens.

• Sounds good -- we'll take from Marin north to the Canadian border, inland to the Rockies. Thanks!

• To the contrary, the people I read (e.g. Vdare) don't use that sort of language. And I've been on other boards where I've told people I disagree with such language. At the very least it isn't helpful to our cause but -- you might not believe this -- I do object to dehumanizing people.  BTW I think that is precisely what the Anglo open-borders crowd does. I remember watching that Colbert segment when Zoe Loftgren dropped him off at some farm to work with the Mexicans (etc). I thought it would be like Mike Rowe -- you know, where the 'college boy' get's made fun of because he doesn't have the skills to do the work (as someone who humped wood around construction sites a few summers long ago, I know what that is about). Instead Colbert was worse than his usual cartoon self, made no real attempt to do the work, was working with guys who obviosly weren't in on the joke and couldn't understand what was going on because they didn't speak the language. They were just brown-bodied props in Colberts morality play, and they were seriously pissed about it. As for the wab -- I think it is understood that in today's multicultural America, you can make fun of your own group -- though others of your group can also criticize you for it.

• Then why don't you go to one of this sorry ass Turd World states if you like their politics so much?  And while you're at it, secede again so the rest of us don't have to subsidize you ignorant racist bigoted KKK lazy asses.

• Then why the fuck don't you go to one of those sorry ass places?  Secede already so the rest of us don't have to subsidize you ignorant racist KKK lazy fucks.

• And so you're saying there is no white trash on welfare?  Look at your dumb redneck states--they are so dependent on Washington they would make Mexico look like the Taj Majal if we were to wise up and cut their sorry asses loose.  Wanna go to a Turd World Country?  You don't need to go to Mexico.  Just go to Alabama, Mississippi or Lose-iana.  You'll see more fat ass white trash sitting in trailers in their wife beaters scratching their pimple pocked asses than the entire population of Mexico

• "the pay is well below the living wage " Absolute key point. Fact is Americans do do this sort of work, you pick strawberry fields and apple orchards abound. However, as a profession/career/long term thing, it wouldn't even pay the rent. In France the vineyards actually provide dormitory style housing and decent meals for their migrant workers. To be fair, while a lot of natives work the harveest, there are a lot of those are illegals, or at least people who shouldn't be working while in France. But many of these are  are backpackers just passing through, and an even larger number are people who *go home*  to Morocco or where-ever after the harvest. Personally, I'd like to get some leggy blonde 'guest workers' -- the Ukraine is actually poorer per capita than Mexico, let's get some of them working here.

• Not a member of A3P, not really a joiner. However, I do sympathize with their positions. Unfortunately any position which is marginalized by elites will, at least initially, attract marginal people. 

• I'm with you, that above was sarcastic.

• Not to put too fine a point on it, but the financial world is not exactly controlled by 'Anglos'. Even if it were controlled by old school WASPs, they wouldn't exactly operating in the general interest of their co-ethnics -- precisely the opposite. Look at Jorge Arbusto with his 6 years of pushing for amnesty. If Bush or McCain or Huntsman were Mexican, they'd be called 'vendidos', if they were black, they'd be called Toms. No, what we white folks need in this mutlicultural society is someone fighting our corner, as Euro-Americans.

• All this talk of leaders and Euro-Americans makes me believe you're one of Mitchie's fellow Ponzi schemers over at the A3P...

• ...yet Mitchie doesn't have a problem when his ilk uses spic, wetback, cockrlaches, and many other valentines. Pathetic double standards, as always--and where's the outrage when I call my own kind wab?

• Good question. I've been trying to work out the best way to go from cyberspace to meat space. There are guys out there, including Alternative Right. 

• "stats from CIS" Not that there would be anything wrong with that, but I got the 3% from the 2006 Portrait of the undocumented [sic] population put out by that notoriously xenophobic outfit...the Pew Hispanic Trust. 

• "3% that work in ag"  Hmmm . . . getting your stats from FAIR or CIS websites again?  Like I said, I'll take you "throw them all out" types seriously once your actions match your words - until then, keep up the good work on behalf of the Republican party.  The Democratic party loves you. PS. Living in half in Anglo culture and half in Latino culture on a daily basis, I can assure you that my self-esteem is just fine, thank you.  Gabacho, gringo, bolillo, etc. are generally only insults when applied to folks like you and your buddy, EGLC, although in such cases pinche puto baboso pendejo works better.  :-> Cheers, mate.

• But there is no "reality" to America's immigration situation to Mr. Gustavo, apart from a  "latino reality".

• Gingrich is NOT DELUDED IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM. He is connected to so many globalist organizations and think tanks that its laughable people don't get him. He's nothing but the typical power player, supporting his number one cause, Newt Gingrich. Americans are sick and tired of creeps like him occupying D.C. He would pander to anyone for any reason to gain polticial power. He is an empty suit.

• Someone with no real understanding of historical circumstances and a true American hater, giving lessons to people about that history. Very unforgiving. Have you forgiven Mexico for impovershing millions of its own in the past and today?

• Mitch, isn't it interesting how so many of these clowns always refer in an absolutely negative way, about the past in the U.S.? Nothing good was created. Americans of that time were ALL fools and useless human beings. And yet, everyone in the world wanted to come to that place. And yet, the past is right here still. The beautiful houses, the protected forests, the wonderfull universities, the magnificient roads and highways. I'd say these people did pretty good. I'd say they created something valubable and good.

• "haters", is a relative term Mr. Gustavo, depending on ones personal views, that is to say, there is no absolute "hater" some where out in space that we can refer to when using this term, would you not agree?

• Mr. Don, you must understand that Mr. Gustavo is of the Raul Grijalva, "lets economically nuke Arizona  with a boycott to teach the gringo a lesson as to who is in control around here,  school of politics.

• P.S. that illegal labor, is already costing among other people, seniors in California, a ten percent reduction in their health courtesy of Governor Jerry the moonbeam Brown, the best freind Mexico ever had to solve their social problems.

• Who will be the leader Mitch? How will all of these questions resolve themselves in multi-cultural America. It's a legitimate question. But apparently no one wants to face it.

• But the question is going to resolve into Who will be the leader? For how can a multi-cultural America have equal leadership? How well did that work in Yugoslavia, or for that matter twenty other countries one could name? Tell me how your scenery looks.Honestly, Im interested.

• Who will be the leader? leader leader leader leader................................................??? This is THE QUESTION, and every group in America is aware of it, "latinos" included. I like to get down to reality, like Mr. Gustavo does.

• Come on man, that sounds down right ugly. 

• Mr. Mitch, accept Mr. Gustavo for what he is. It's alright. Clarity is always preferable to confusion. The problem with this nation today is it's in a state of confusion. Mr. Gustavo should be commmended for his honesty towards his feelings about the European-Americans that created this nation. We need clear lines to be drawn. Right? Someone has to be the leader. You see, that is what Gustavo's writings are really about. Who will lead. Think about it. It's the ultimate reason that is driving all the confusion. Think about it.

• Let me see, Mr. Gustavo, spoke of how he liked accordians and tuba's a while ago, but now he doesn't like Eurocentric. Hmm...

• We(Americans) speak American-English in the United States of America. You can speak whatever you want. It's a free country.

• Chief, you really are a chief. Your clear vision makes you a Chief(leader). Thank you.

• I'd say you successfully figured it out. He's not racist because he's Mexican, and a democrat. Case closed.

• Friend, stop worrying about the term racist. It has no meaning whatever. It is merely a rhetorical devise, used by the Democrat Party and its peons, to bludgeon people that don't agree with their thousands of "programs", almost all of them totally unconstitutional and illegal. Give that word up as being a personal attack against you, which it is.

• How can the millions of people that belong to the Republican Party be the "priviledged few"? Would you like to go into more detail explaining that assertion? By the way, there are more millionaires in the Democrat Party than in the Republican Party. And people must use the right term for the Democrat Party, which is Democrat. To call it the "Democratic"Party is incorrect, since it would imply that it's more democratic than other political parties, where in reality it is less democratic. Just thought I'd clear that up.

• Mr. gustavo, considering many of the articles you have written, "civil" can not possibly be a word in your brainwiring.

• The only people doing exploiting are "latinos" illegally in this country and many legally also that are on every conceivable taxpayer paid handout possible. I know this hurts, to have the truth be made manifest, but well, the truth is what it is to quote Billy the Bomber of Belgrade Cigar Clinton.

• By your definition of American, possibly. But there are millions of others that don't accept your definition............................ time will tell........................

• I am confident that you will add to the "hot air" coming from the left leaning PBS Radio group.  Chances are when the conservatives get control next year, PBS funding with tax dollars will be a thing of the past.  While you may be Mexican, Gustavo, I would suggest that you are no better than the RINO's passing themselves off as conservatives.  Guess that makes you a MINO.  As you already know, most Mexican-Americans are social conservatives and have been alienated by the Republican Party's failure to address the Immigration issue in an acceptable manner.  Say what you want about Newt Gingrich, he has put an outline for a big picture on the table for discussion.  That is better than anyone else has done in the past.  Will his proposal alienate the far right conservatives, probably so?  However, given a choice of Mr Flip Flop (Romney) or Newt, perhaps they will take the high road and do the right thing.  Time wiill tell.  One way or the other, the Pied Piper of Chicago is going down in 2012 and there isn't diddly squat you liberals can do about it, except whine and complain.   

• Because, most polticians are traitors that are working toward the North American Union plan, which makes the U.S. united politically with one of the most corrupt nations in the world, Mexico. That's why. It only remains to be seen if Americans will wake up in time before their whole nation is destroyed. Nothing personal you understand. But why must Americans suffer because of Mexico's criminality and the politicians here that pander to this, selling out their own citizens. Patriots are trying as hard as they can to prevent this, Arizona, Alabama, South Carolina, Georgia.etc.

• So what you are saying in essence and supporting as well is socialism. Because you just stated that your whole business depends on the taxpayers that support the people YOU CAN'T. In view of that, I hope your prices are low, but I bet there not. The only peoplle that benefit from illegal labor are the owners of businesses. Americans lose in every way imaginable..

• Exactly. This clown hasn't got a clue how much that illegal alien produce actually costs Californians after they have to educate, medicate, and support the large families of these people. He's clueless in the extreme. If illegal aliens are such a benefit to citizens, why does an average apple in a California supermarket cost close to a dollar? With citizens if he is, that think like him, we don't need enemies.

• There you have it, the future of Eurpean Created United States. A lesson and a warning.

• This is the reason I always keep http://dictionary.reference.com open in another window. To make sure what I think I am reading is really what I am reading. (and surprisingly, I am usually correct.)

• Gustavo, for a first time out, you did much better than most...even seasoned pros. You've got talent and guts. It only gets easier and easier the more you put yourself in that position. The PBS Piece was excellent. Keep pushing and keep taking those on-camera opportunities. You now know what to expect the next time you get a live studio audience situation...so you'll be better mentally prepared...and OK will turn into Good, will turn into Great. You're mentally tough, intelligent and articulate and you have wit and passion. Even though I don't agree 100% with everything you say (I don't agree 100% with anyone)...I respect talent when I see it.

• Why in the world would there need to be an 'Anglo Chamber of Commerce' when anglos already control the financial, political, and religious organizations of the planet? Feeling a bit xenophobic, are we?

• The term ultimately derives from the Provençal word for 'goiter', implying that so-called gabachos are physically and mentally deficient.  At any rate it is just plain wrong and lacks any historical connection to Anglo-Americans, unlike Gringo or Yanqui, which I don't find nearly as insulting. 

• Here's another Rant for you Dweezle, you'll really enjoy this one I'm sure :-) "Free Market" w/o rules is like Grace w/o Law...akin to Antinomianism to use a Religious Metaphor. "Sin all you want, Grace covers all"...i.e. Goldman Sachs, Wall Street, Big Corps, Politicians etc.‎"Fair Market" taken to the extreme (Socialism/Communism) is akin to Universal Salvation/Universal Reconciliation...to use another Religious Metaphor. "Why bother trying? We all end up in the same place anyways..."A "Free Market/Fair Market" is what I believe our Founding Fathers intended and is what is articulated in our Constitution. It is "Free Market" with Government as Referee and Arbiter to make sure the Playing Field remains Level. Our Current System is neither "Free" nor "Fair". Egalitarianism is a very Christian Ideal...in fact, Jesus Christ turned the Society of His day on its ear by espousing Truth and Egalitarian Principles.Egalitarianism as interpreted and applied by Communism and Socialism is Fatally Flawed and actually creates as much or more corruption and inequality than its counter-part of unfettered so-called "Free Markets".The Balance is "Free Markets" with proper Rules and Regs in place and Rule of Law that is meted out Justly. Equal Scales Principle. Very much Christian.

• Unfortunately, most in "America" have the Attention Span of an episode of American Idol and don't have the desire or capacity to do the heavy lifting required to truly understand and quantify and dissect these complex socio-political-macro-economic issues.

• Here is the Psychology (another factor in our Current System Dynamic): http://gsbapps.stanford.edu/researchpapers/library/RP1816.pdf If you thought my rant was a difficult read, LOL. Read this Stanford Research Paper. It explains a lot of the Dynamic that 99.9% of our population don't consider or even understand when it comes to these complex issues.

• Okay Gabacho (nice self-hating reference there), you got me. The 3% of illegals that work in ag can stay -- the other 97% need to leave. On second thought screw that. Your position is like someone saying "well, you got a loan  from [Citibank, Washington Mutual, Chase], so you can't criticize bankers or financial regulation policy." Try doing anything in this country without dealing with an institution connected to Goldman Sachs. I don't owe illegals anything -- if they weren't here I might be paying 10-20% more for a head of lettuce, but I'd likely be paying a lot less in state and county taxes, not to mention rent.

• Nobody "demands that their chicken be slaughtered by undocumented people" but I have noticed a fair amount of advertising and consumer sensitivity around price.  Buy any squash from Alabama lately? I can't speak for California but around here the IRS has a nasty habit of assuming that you pay the people who harvest your crops.  Accordingly, they expect withholding and have a nasty habit of attaching tax liens to your farm if you don't fork over the withholding.  Ergo, your "low wages under the table" argument doesn't hold a lot of water.  "Low wages" sometimes yes, "under the table" not so much. Also kind of shoots your "associated costs" argument right in the foot - try googling "IRS suspended funds" and ask yourself who is paying those taxes, which, BTW, are being paid out to current social security recipients. "I'd much rather pay a small percentage more for my produce"  Horsehockey - lots of "throw them all out" knuckleheads made such statements as they drive to Walmart to get the lowest price.  Perhaps you are not a hypocrite and you only eat food that you grow so that you can be sure not to profit from "illegal immigration."  Only you will know the next time you eat a hotdog, drink a glass of milk, or enjoy a nice salad.  Bon apetite!

• ¡Viva Puerto Rico Libre!

• Do people really demand that their chickens be slaughtered by illegals -- I've never seen a company advertise that their workforce was illegal in order to attract customers. I'd much rather pay a small percentage more for my produce ( labor is only about 10% of the consumer costs of produce, so even drastic wage increases wouldn't increase prices that much), than have to pay all the other externalized costs (education, health care and so on) for illegals and their children. And the fact is that slaughter house work used to be done by Americans as recently as the early 1990s -- and they got a good wage for it, much more than $12 in todays money. Twelve dollars just ain't what it used to be. And quite frankly I don't believe anything farmers say anymore. I recently linked here to an Anglo American guy in Washington state that went looking for work in the supposedly 'labor shortage' hit apple orchards. He tried about seven firms/employment agents. No dice.  Do farmers and growers like paying illegals low wages under the table -- sure. No messing about with SSI, income tax withholding etc.  Do consumers demand specifically that illegals are employed -- of course not.  Would we be better off with sightly higher food costs but lower stress on public services and infrastructure, of course.

• Damn that was difficult reading! LOL

• well I can only speak from my personal experience working in a Central OC polling place during the last 2 elections, I saw a number of Latino voters, Our Spanish language ballots went faster than Vietnamese or Chinese!

• I was born in Mexico to Mexican parents but came to this country with my mother  when I was a year old. Unfortunately my son took more of his father's genes than mine but it's all good, he'll be a multilingual speaker. 

• Alex: I totally agree with you—I only did okay on Colbert. Was my first time ever before a live studio audience!

• Hmm...good to see you on TV....but it saddens me that any mexican might consider being a republican even if the yoke of racist rhetoric is removed. One of the reasons Mexico has been torn apart these 500 years is the pitting of conservative and liberal values against each other...conservative and liberal are often 1 subject issues in Mexico, like abortion or catholicism. People who have abundant issues in common will often tear each other's heads off for one idea. Every revolution was predicated on how indigenas and mestizos were disenfranchised in a land that was essentially their birthright, only to be torn apart by some small but highly cherished piece of adopted European-ness. Then, the coyotes and zopilotes waiting in the margins (where they were put by defeat) took advantage of those few sympathetic brown people to put down the rest of the country. Just like the Native Americans of the USA are sorry for having helped the Pilgrims, you'd think Mexicans would learn they are always gonna have to pay back the gabachos with nalgitas. We need to stop allowing such manipulations, only then can we be united and truly our own country.

• It's really a function of NAFTA, Globalization and our Current Economic System that has created the disparity in "Classes' and has forced Inflation in the US on Living Standards. You've got the Greatest Disparity between "rich" and "poor" in the entire of History of the United States...this moment. Globalization and the Walmartization of America (and really the World) has created a rather interesting set of circumstances. Inflation in the US on Rent, Housing, Health Care, Gas, Food (due to fuel costs), Education, etc. Big expenses for the average American. We have seen Deflation and Lower Costs for stuff like Clothing, Trinkets, Electronics, etc. Small Farming in Mexico got wiped out by NAFTA. So, for the average worker in Mexico, it's work at a Slave Wage factory for a Big Multinational Corporation (if you're luck enough to get a job) or work for the Drug Cartels. Morton's Fork. Many choose Option 3 and cross the Border to take one of the many jobs available as Chris describes above. Small Biz can't afford to pay decent wages, thanks to Wal-Mart. Can't compete against "the Everyday Low Price Leader!". Wal-Mart keeps wages low, keep prices on stuff low, keeps jobs and factories in China very high. Fact: Wal-Mart is China's 6th Largest Trading Partner in the World...surpassing the vast Majority of Nations on the Planet. Globalization, Fractional Reserve Banking and Fiat Money Systems combined with an ignorant and apathetic Populace and hugely effective Lobbying effort by the Big Multi-Nationals has led to a set of very difficult circumstances. High Unemployment for the Average American is here to stay until the incentive changes from encouraging the off-shoring of Jobs, Factories and taxation (Google makes Billions, while paying a mere 2.4% effective US Tax rate, GE makes Billions and currently receives a Tax Rebate, etc. These Big Mult-Nationals employ expensive Tax Attorneys and do the "Double Irish" and "Dutch Sandwich" tax evasion strategies...as do many others). A large portion of the US Population is now dependent on Government. Food Stamps are now at an all-time high in the History of our Nation with approximately 1 in 7 currently receiving the assistance (and that number is rapidly climbing). Nearly 1 in 5 Americans now receive Government Assistance (and those numbers are skyrocketing). The European Socialism Experiment is exploding and imploding before our eyes. The Corporate Socialism/US Socialism Experiment in the US is in a Slow Motion Train Wreck. Bond Markets are indicating a Breakup of the Euro (extremely dicey right now..but I believe the FED and Powers that Be will ride to the rescue soon, as a Break Up of the Euro is too risky and makes Lehman Brother's look like a picnic). Meanwhile, we have approximately $200 Trillion in unfunded Liabilities according to Economist Kotlikoff...or go with Bond Guru Bill Gross's more conservative estimate of $66 Trillion...either way, it's insurmountable. We can't even agree on reducing the level of increase to the Budget, let alone making any true and real cuts. Solutions: De-Globalize. Put Mexico under new Management. Send in the US Military to clear out the Drug Cartels. Set up a Coalition Government. Hit the reset Button down there. Pass a Right to Bear Arms for the Law Abiding Mexican Citizen.  Legalize and regulate and tax Narcotics. Have the Pharmaceutical Industry take over the production and distribution. Tax it, monitor it. There will always be those who use. Much like Prohibition was a disaster, our "War on Drugs" has been a monumental failure. End NAFTA. Break up the GIANT Multi-National Farming/Food Conglomerates and Seed Companies, etc. This will return Peasant Farming and Small Farming Industries. Tariff Chinese Imports today. They Peg their Currency to the US Dollar which keeps their goods artificially low in the marketplace. They cheat the System...so Tariff and fix it via Tax Policy. Break up Big Multi-National Monopolies like Wal-Mart. They are a Cancer to the Working Class and Middle Class in America. They are Net Job Killers and Wage Killers, no matter how low their everyday prices are. Look at a Chart that tracks the Emergence of Wal-Mart as the Richest and Largest Corporation in the World...it nearly matches the Emergence of China and the Decline of the US and its Middle Class. There is a Correlation. Protect and help Small Business, Fair Competition, Small Farming etc. Reform the Tax Code. Close the Big Corp Tax Loopholes and the loopholes for the truly Rich. Have a Consumption Tax that brings the pimps, hookers and off-grid enterprises to the table. Despite the Dreams of extreme Libertarians, we need some Government, we need a Military, we need some responsible and humane Safety Nets. Those cost money and require Revenue to fund. We can't live off the Credit Card forever. Get Commodities like Oil, Gas and Food OFF the Trading Exchanges. Speculators rule these Markets and it effects the Average Person greatly. Tax Wall Street, in fact, we should shut down that Casino or greatly regulate it. Reform our Banking System. Go to a Credit Union Business Model and break up all the "Too Big to Fail" Semi-Private (Private when they make a profit) Semi-Public (Public when they have losses and need a bailout) Banks. Elisabeth Warren has some outstanding ideas... We've got to go back to Basics. Back to what our Founding Fathers intended...a Level Playing Field for the Average Citizen and a Fair Market. Our current so-called "Free Market" Construct is not "Free" and it's killing us. Immigration will work itself out if we improve conditions in Mexico, restore Rule of Law down there and if we embrace a Fair Market System (which is VASTLY DIFFERENT than Socialism and Communism...those are failed Systems). Immigration Reforms will also help by getting Illegals Legal, while recognizing Rule of Law and Sovereign Borders (which is essential in National Sovereignty). Or, if we don't want a Sovereign Border with Mexico, then we should consider Annexing them...which might not be a bad idea. Mexico has vast Natural Resources, a lot of good people who are Religiously and Socially very simpatico with most Americans. Rant over. Just some thoughts and opines.

• Illegals need to become legals !

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