I have to say this…. it just seems so obvious.
What would happen if the Mexican government amended its constitution to allow foreign investment in its energy industry – with a guaranteed preference for its neighbor to the north? (For those who need help with this, I’m talking about OIL.)
I just have this vision of Bush and Fox coming out of this week’s meetings in Cancun with something like,
“We can solve this oil addiction/immigration problem if we work together on it.”
Kind of wraps the whole thing up into a strange new package, eh?
I see another possibility here
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Not going to happen. They still have a national holiday to commemorate when the oil industry was nationalized. It is very much tied to Mexico’s somewhat slight national self-esteem. It would be something like our selling the Statue of Liberty a Chinese company.
Sigh…. Actually, DH (Dear Husband) shares your view.
OTOH, they have been royally mucking it up, we need alternative sources for energy, and everybody’s up in arms about the immigration “thing”. I can’t help seeing it as a fascinating solution to a number of issues.
Mexico has 20 states but only about a quarter of our population. How many senators would you give them?
Gary,
You must be thinking of annexation.
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