GM to build engines in Mexico

"hls" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@giganews.com:

I mean consumer goods. Like food, housing, etc.

Actually, you can own land in some areas. The law does not allow you to own land within so many kilometers of a national border, seacost, etc. This is said to be for purposes of national security, IIRC.

You can "lease" land almost anywhere on a long term lease, renewable and reassignable. But you never really "own" this land. No problem unless they elect a commie president, like Obrador. In that case, you never know what will happen.

Depends on where you are. In some places you can get a fine house with tennis courts and a pool for maybe MN$2-2.5 million. In US dollars that would be maybe $200,000.

I find food and otheritems to be mostly comparable to American prices in the major supermarkets or Walmart, if not cheaper. If you go to the open markets, you can probably get fresh food for a lot less..

There is now a sort of minimum wage system. You have to pay a minimum wage. It is not enormous but it is not slave labor either.

On the east side of the country, one is still essentially safe. Border towns and the west coast are less secure, IMO>

Another little bit of info.. My wife and I were looking for a nice little house up in the mountains where it is cool. I found a nice place on the road from Mexico DF to Salamanca for some MN$400,000, US$ less than 40,000. Now, my wife speaks little Spanish and is not adventurous. With the cartel activity as serious as it is, I could not consider to move there with her. She is kind and trusting, but you cannot operate in certain areas without a good bit of self protection.

We are not moving there anytime soon. Instead looking in the east USA in the Carolinas or Tennessee, or perhaps in Washington Oregon area.

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I've been to all those areas- all very pretty. Sadly, as pretty areas tend to be, also very expensive places. 40k won't buy much. I really like western NC, and wouldn't mind being there before my niece and nephew become teenagers and stop thinking I am wonderful, but the cheapest thing I found within 40 miles of them was a single-wide at the end of a dirt road, for 130k.

Damn rich people retire and price us poor folk out of all the nice places....

We are not rich, but have worked our asses off and have saved and rationed our money. I want no more big cities. I dont want any more hot climates.

I am sure you understand.

Honestly I couldn't care less what Mexicans pay for the products we get overcharged for considering the reduced labor and production costs. I'm not interested in keeping food on Mexican's tables, I'm interested in keeping food and quality living in America...errr maybe to now millions of Americans that should be interested in GETTING BACK quality living.

Econo-cars

If that were true, which it isn't since Mexicans still work for cheap, it is all the more reason for Americans to boycott the products of American companies who persist in producing those products in Mexico, but charge us a premium at the tills.

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There are mangos scattered all over the place throughout Mexico. People walk on them, kids play football with them. American imports get them for super cheap. How much do we pay for a Mango in America?

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In message , econo_cars writes

Then you'd let the native Indians kick you out, but just where you'd go I don't know as no one this side of the pond wants you.

Well said, Clive.... He never apparently considered that he was probably the decendant of an unwanted foreign national immigrant.

My ancestry is Indian you moron. I'd kill you too.

Econo-cars

You idiot, my ancestry is Indian. Typical white person, always thinking you know everything. I'd kill you too.

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In message , econo_cars writes

To what end?

"econo_cars" My ancestry is Indian you moron. I'd kill you too.

"econo_cars" wrote in message news:201101292143.UTC.ii21m9$8d4$ snipped-for-privacy@tioat.net...

Tribe?

Nope, Tribe is a leftie:

Tribe? LOL, Watch some more western movies.

Econo-cars

Then why are you supporting the western notion of "tribe"? You should know better if indeed your ancestry is Indian..

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