Posted by
Silvio Canto, Jr. on Friday, August 17, 2007 9:42:10 AM
Spain's PM JL Rodriguez-Zapatero took a cheap shot at the US during a recent visit to Mexico City.
What "better life" is PM Rod-Zapatero talking about? Could it be the "better life" that Mexicans find in the US rather than Mexico?
Of course, taking shots at the fence is great stuff in front of Mexican politicians. Why not destroy the fence that Mexico built around itself? (i.e. country can't create jobs!)
Why is PM Rod-Zapatero taking shots at US immigration concerns. Because PM Rod-Zapatero does not want to talk about Spain's own problems:
In this article, Soeren Kern points out that Spain is desperately in need of labor:
"Another reason is because at 0.7 children per woman, Spain has one of the lowest birthrates in the world, and studies show that to keep the Spanish pension system from bankrupting, immigrants will have to make up 20 percent of Spain's population by 2030.
Spain's demographic crisis is so troubling that Zapatero has just promised to pay a 2,500 euro ($3,400) "baby bonus" for every newborn child as an incentive to boost the birthrate."
Spain's dilemma is simple: No babies and a socialist prime minister who runs away from terrorists!
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