Re: Stiglitz: a massive burden of debt visited on future generations

On May 10, 11:04=A0pm, John Holmes <jhol...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> PS: to be technical, it should be noted that when Jefferson's party
> overturned the Alien and Sedition Act in the 1790s the gates were
> opened wide to *white* immigrants only. But until the 20th century
> this proviso was largely irrelevant, except here in California of
> course, where it was applied against Asians.

Interestingsly I think Jefferson didn't overtunr the A &SA, rather the
let it expire. It was aimed, afterall, at sup****ters of Jefferson and
other "Jacobins" in the US.

> But not Mexicans, considered under the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
> to actually have the right to immigrate to America, something that
> didn't really change until the Great Depression, during which there
> were mass de****tations of Mexicans, whether American citizens or
> otherwise. The term "illegal immigrant" was first coined by an FDR
> administration official.

There was actually a net increase of Americans citizens going to
Mexico agaisnt Mexicans coming to the US. Cardenas employed several
thousand USonians in the oil and rail industry for a period and many
Texans just drove across the border to work as hands on Mexican
ranches. Most people don't realize that the Depression was much worse
in the US than it was in Mexico during this period.

D.