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>>Hmmm.. I don't agree with the annexation of Mexico since that would not do well for America at all. Can you possibly imagine the effects on our economy and our Welfare, Social Security, etc. sytems.
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>Those (welfare, Social Security, etc) soon will NOT be an obstruction - they are being dismantled!
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>Perhaps you didn't notice, but the first *real* casualty of the demise of Communism (of the major (western Eurpoean) variety) was the demise of "welfare".
>This well preceeded any additional moves by the corporate world and served as a good template for them. Now it is corporate America (and Canada and ????) that is leading the way, with the government slowly following.
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>Workers are now burdens where they once were assets. Citizens are gaining the same status within government.
>Soon we'll on be on a level with Mexico (and China and Bangladesh and ???) and your concerns will melt away.
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>JimN

lol - how true!