If you keep telling people there is nothing you can do to boost growth, it is no wonder that they spend cautiously.

ECONOMIST: The European Central Bank

But there is no doubt that the situation along the border is very sensitive politically, and although the White House may wonder privately whether there is some corruption among some American customs, immigration and police officials, it is unlikely to admit it publicly.

BBC: 'US graft adds to Mexico's woes'

No wonder there is little high technology in lands so inhospitable to freewheeling, American-style entrepreneurship, or that unemployment there is more than twice ours.

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