Don’t worry Ash, that Amero stuff will make a lot more sense to you in about 10 years. Or to get a taste of what’s about to happen, take a trip to Texas and see the construction for the Trans-Texas Corridor which will soon be moving goods from Mexican ports to a Wal-Mart near you. Also keep an eye out for those Mexican long-haul truckers that will soon be blowing past you at 80mph in poorly-maintaned rigs with bald tires. Federally-mandated 8-hour driving limits? Not for Jose and Pablo, they get to drive for days at a stretch without sleep; if they stop to nap they’ll get fired and replaced with another $6/hour driver from Oaxaca. Ain’t globalization grand? The ultimate goal is to move the North American ports of entry for Asian and European goods to Mexico where labor is much cheaper and more difficult to organize. It’s a race to the bottom — Ross Perot called it back in 1992 but no one listened to him…
