Reply #63: So, don't discuss it? [View All]

[LuckyTheDog]

Sure, there is a very big chance that Mexico would never consent to political union with the United States. And it's also very likely that the U.S. would never make the offer.

But then, U.S. companies will be free to continue (under NAFTA and any future trade agreements) to simply exploit the labor there without having to worry about the workers ever getting U.S.-style rights -- at least not for the foreseeable future.

Is that better? Also, admitting the Mexican states into our union would no more be about us "imperialism" than the admission of Vermont was "imperialism" by the first 13 states.