Reply #17: Lack of stability?

[LibertyFox]

Just going to take a stab at a guess but I'd say that the Mexican government being significantly less stable than Canada or the US mainly due to a mutual war on drugs. The current level of conflict as I understand it is a real threat to the government and may eventually overthrow it. That sort of thing can't be good for economic development.

Less equal distribution of wealth would only make sense if there were Mexican billionares comparable to the ones in the US. The US has a pretty large wealth gap yet a much higher standard of living.

If we wanted to help the Mexican people achieve prosperity I think the strongest possible way would be to end the war on drugs. No matter how I look at it, trying to use mexico as a proxy to fight the cartels is causing only needless suffering and holding them back.