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To: PROLIFE who wrote (13100)	7/25/2001 10:15:49 PM
From: Father Terrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 59480

Reparations? What would give them that right? Mexico City is the most polluted city on Earth. It is worse than Athens was 15 years ago.

To: PROLIFE who wrote (13100)	7/25/2001 10:45:01 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 59480

How much do they hoeing a hill a of maize in Chiapas? If conditions and pay are so much worse in the maquiladora towns than at home, why do so many workers flock to them? Answer: Because back home there are no jobs. Just unemployment. Maybe a dollar or two a day in income if your family has a farm. Reparations? If the Mexican government wishes to pass environmental laws, it may do so now. Why doesn't it? Because a large chunk of those maquiladoras would move someplace else. And the Mexican government would be left with the resulting unemployment. I realize that this would also be our problem because even more Mexicans would illegally immigrate here, but we don't pass Mexican laws.

To: PROLIFE who wrote (13100)	7/26/2001 3:10:43 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 59480

What would you think an average Mexican worker makes in the Maquila? The best I have been able to figure is about a buck an hour average. Thats about double Mexico's minimum wage assuming that they are only working 8 hour shifts. If they work for a dollar an hour for longer then 8 hours per day then they get more then double Mexico's minimum wage. $1/hour is not bad in Mexico. If we insisted that Mexican workers at these plants make $5/hour they would not get a wage increase instead they would get a pink slip. Tim