Is Mexico Looking Out for Numero Uno While the country’s poor flee, Mexico’s elite take care of themselves?

Must read more at link.Members of President Vicente Fox’s National Action Party (PAN) have joined the chorus of self-righteous criticism. They applauded an early January 2006 joint declaration by Mexico, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, and six Central American countries pledging their opposition to treating migrants who illegally cross into the United States as law-breakers.





This statement neglected to recognize the mounting support of American citizens for curbs on unlawful entries. A Fox News poll conducted in April 2005 found that an overwhelming majority of Americans believe that undocumented immigration is a “very serious” (63 percent) or “somewhat serious” (28 percent) problem for the United States. Sixty percent of respondents to an ABC News/Washington Post survey favored erecting a barrier at the border; only 26 percent disapproved. In addition, Mexico’s nomenklatura never mentions the 1 million legal immigrants whom the United States admits each year.





Mexico’s establishment also keeps quiet about the salaries and benefits that its members receive. Private-sector executives are especially secretive. Thanks to Forbes magazine, however, we know that Mexico leads Latin America with ten billionaires, including telecom mogul Carlos Slim Helú, the world’s third richest person with $30 billion. And an increasing amount of data is available on the earnings of public officials. The numbers show that Mexico’s governing class is enriching itself at the country’s expense, with exorbitant salaries and bountiful perks. Remember, these are “official” figures. Most politicians have ingenious ways of fattening their bank accounts.





The salaries of top Mexican government officials match or exceed those of comparable figures in Europe and much of the rest of the world. President Vicente Fox ($236,693), for example, makes more than the leaders of the U.K. ($211,434), France ($95,658), Canada ($75,582), and most other industrialized countries (POTUS earns $400,000).





The 500 members of Mexico’s notoriously irresponsible Chamber of Deputies, which is in session only a few months a year, each made $148,000 last year in salary and bonuses—roughly on a par with Italian and Canadian legislators and substantially more than their counterparts in Germany ($105,000), France ($78,000), and Spain ($32,311), where living costs are markedly higher. Other legislators in Latin America receive substantially less; for example, those in Bolivia earn $28,000 for a four-month session. Legislators in the Dominican Republic take home $68,500 for six months of service.





The salaries are only the beginning. Party leaders in the Chamber of Deputies have a trove of discretionary funds to assist themselves and their colleagues. In 2004, the amount distributed to the three major parties was $15,892,668 to PRI, which had 223 deputies; $10,297,611 to PAN and its 153 deputies; and $7,359,122 to the 97 deputies of the PRD.





Mexican deputies enjoy their junkets, frequently taking to the air or the road and asking the country’s taxpayers to foot the bill. During 2005, the Chamber of Deputies spent $1,018,518.50 on domestic and foreign travel. These outlays amounted to $2,095.24 for each of the 500 deputies or $2,927.78 for the 348 deputies who, on average, actually showed up for legislative sessions. This spending on travel is dubious for two reasons: deputies, who cannot run for immediate re-election, do not have to return to their districts every weekend like so many U.S. congressmen; and the Mexican Senate—not the Chamber of Deputies—plays the primary legislative role in international affairs.





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Is Mexico Looking Out for Numero Uno While the country’s poor flee, Mexico’s elite take care of themselves?
Mexico's government cares about the rich people (them). They DEMAND that their poor be taken care of by others. Calderon complains that we aren't taking care of HIS people and says he must work harder for the "rights of Mexicans in the US."





Things are so screwed up. Mexico must take care of their own so we can take care of Americans. I am so sick of the DEMANDS from 20 to 30 million illegal alien criminals that have broken our laws. THIS IS WRONG!





Hey, El Presidente, Mexico DOES STOP at the border between Mexico and America!
Reply:Wow! Very, very interesting! Thank you very much for this information. I had absolutely no idea and I think most of the citizens of Mexico are probably ignorant of this data and I bet they would be blown away if they knew. I hope this information will get out to the general population of Mexico - maybe it could go a long way towards starting the revolution that needs to happen there.
Reply:You forgot to mention that monies given to them to build up Pemex, their government run oil company, by people hoping to invest such as Halliburton has been pocketed.Incentives for contracts by Halliburton has been given in the form of cars and jewelery to cabinet members wives.Corruption has been a big factor in illegal immigration.Pandering to foreign countries has also driven Mexico to the ground as you pointed out with pay and perks.
Reply:Mexico is attempting to fob of the failures of their own corrupt system on us. And then denounce us if we attempt to resist.





Also they--the Mexican Elite--are attempting to rid themselves of a revolutionary underclass by sending them here to the US.


Yeah the Mexican government gives out picture books explaining how to cross the border and evade Border Patrols.





Mexico is a corrupt state that can not deal with its own problems and so they are shipping that problem up norte for us to enjoy the benefits of, in spades.


We need a Mexican-American war II and we needed it 20 years ago.
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