Speech #1010047720

I would anticipate a subsequent effort to force the United States to vote against loans to Mexico by international development banks. That would knock the props out from under their tough. new president and from his coordinated economic recovery program. If we start punishing Mexico because of drugs. we risk punishing ourselves even more. A weakened Mexican economy may well mean fewer jobs in the United States as well. and more failed banks in the United States. and more illegal immigrants to the United States. Reductions in international aid flows translates directly into slower economic growth in Mexico. And we have a very recent test case of the consequences that could hit our own economy.