Bringing Business Back to Main Street America

The Underlying Problems

In Mexico their problems are middlemen that makes 40% net profits on nearly everything that is grown, captured at sea, or produced in Mexico. Hence in the US the immigration problem, contributions to rising food costs, lost union jobs, a shrinking middle class, etc. Nearly 80% of Mexico's exports are to the US. (Note: This is a global trade phenomenon – not just existing between the US and Mexico.)

Now our problem in America is that our economy is about to collapse. If we collapse, Mexico will also collapse and then all hell breaks loose. We are so far in debt as a country it is insane (according to USA Today each one of us owes more than $500,000 as a taxpayer and we have nothing to show for it), social security does not have enough money – short by $10 trillion, and Medicare / Medicaid Funding will also have short falls. So where does the money come from to pay for this mess? More loans? The only solution that exists is to get the economy going again to generate the revenue necessary to pay these obligations. How?

The Strategy

Business 101 teaches that any business sector that has excess net profits is a market to enter into for doing business. So we are going to sell direct from Mexico to the US retail (grocery) stores and restaurants. In other words, direct trade is a solution to our US Economic problem, because direct trade, going around the middlemen, is where the profits are for better wages, lower consumer prices and higher tax revenue collected. The reasoning is as follows. It is in Mexico’s self interest that we do not collapse (80% of their exports are to the US) and it is within our own self interest not to collapse. So as people (Mexicans and Americans) we have a common self interest to change the way we do business to direct trade. So Mexicans in Mexico are going to help. We divide up the 40% amongst workers, producers, new distribution channels, retailers and consumers. Push enough money into the workers’ hands who live outside the US to become consumers. Then this allows us in the US to bring back some of the factories again – through competition. Loosely speaking, I figure with green jobs, infrastructure repairs plus new manufacturing and lowered consumer costs we should be able to generate enough tax revenue to get us out of this mess.

In Mexico we are currently organizing various levels of businesses, government agencies, former elected officials, several experts and political parties to begin what is necessary for direct trade. We are further ahead in Mexico in that we have formed a steering committee. The mission of this steering committee is to stand behind this new way of doing business – direct trade. The objectives are to keep the process organized and orderly as others join our efforts and to plan the appropriate economic development to prepare other markets / persons for direct trade. I have been told that once we start in this state (in Mexico), they will take it grassroots to the other states in Mexico. We have already begun to move into one neighboring state and it is momentarily enjoyable to see a plan like this unfold in front of my eyes. Everyone understands very clearly what is at stake. We are just beginning to organize in the US.

The Plan

The various business sectors in Mexico are all at different stages of development as it relates to bringing products to market through direct sales. We have identified markets that are ready fro direct trade and have already organized and are completing major steps on the Mexican side of the border to sell direct both shrimp and tilapia because they are ready for direct trade. The magnitude of the impact of direct trade is enormous. To illustrate this, every 1000 tons of shrimp places about $2 million dollars (US) back in the hands of the workers/producers and another $2 million back in the hands of the buyers/consumers. In 2007, January through September, Mexico exported nearly 17,014 metric tons to the US. This means that there is a potential $34 million that can be re-distributed through market forces to workers/producers in Mexico and another $34 million to stores/consumers in the US. In 2007 the US imported nearly 590,000 tons of shrimp from around the world. That is about $1.18 billion dollars that could be put back into the hands of workers around the world annually. Another $1.18 billion dollars in the hands of the consumers and the businesses annually. This is just one product. Just to give you an idea, the 2008 stimulus package was nearly $100 billion dollars and was a one shot deal that cost us, taxpayers, money.

Because the shrimp and tilapia season will begin in late August, early September and will not be available for another year; we want to use this window of opportunity to implement direct trade now. As we organize more we will bring more products to the direct trade route and other business will join us. I hope that you see the big picture and that this is a very simple and practical solution that people can relate to.

Closing Comments

The vast majority of American citizens have not had the opportunity to fight the good fight in their lifetime. Americans are ready for a good fight and we now need Americans to fight like they have never fought before in their life to have direct trade with other nations. Americans will need to fight hard for this, because there are a handful of people who are against this and a large number of spoiled, apathetic Americans who need to decide if they are going to get out of their brainwashed comfort zones to help make this change. However, we are not alone in this fight there are Mexicans in Mexico that will stand shoulder to shoulder with the Americans in this fight for direct trade. There are more of us than them and if we just stick together we win. So do they, they just don't know it yet.

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