A wealthier hemisphere will be better able to buy American goods. It will be better able to combat a variety of social ills including the illegal drug trade and the violence that accompanies it. Undocumented workers will not be so eager to flee nations. the economies of which are growing. and civil strife will be less likely to visit the citizens of prospering countries. The kind of debates that wracked this body in the 1980s over Central America and earlier this year over Haiti would diminish. in my view. markedly if we could find a way to work with our neighbors to increase prosperity for everyone in the family of the Americas. The road to that goal does not lie through foreign aid.
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