You Know Times Are Tough When....

The Mexicans are coming across our border to SHOP!!! What the fuck is going on here?? I had thought you needed like a googol(that IS the correct spelling) of peso's to buy a Big Mac but apparently I was quite mistaken.

Agustin Acuna loaded Mexicans’ bags for the return trip from Tucson

Lupa Castro Monzón, of Ciudad Obregon, at JCPenny.
These salsa swigging shoppers are crossing the border--and get this--AT LEGAL CHECKPOINTS to get to towns like Tuscon where they can shop till they drop and party like
rock stars as they laugh at the number of recessions, devalued currency and overall financial malaise of the Mexican economy.

The irony here is...well, there actually is a shitload of irony here:

1. We are building a fence to keep Mexicans out, but we want "these" Mexicans to come and spend their hard earned peso's at our low end department stores.

2. The same people who wanted Mexicans to wear identity bands on their outerwear now are driving them from mall to mall so they can make enough money to survive.

3. Retailers like JCP have found a new LOW END in terms of shopper. (Or are parts of the country now more low end than high end Mexico?)

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Happy Holidays bitches.

--The Angry Trader