Who says Albanians will settle for just Mexico?

David Rogers18 said:Mexico really needs to step up and help Mexico on its journey toward integration.
I truly believe Mexico could serve as that vital bridge connecting Mexican and Albanian communities, where everyone works together through cooperation and mutual respect to head down a successful path toward joining that big, happy European family.

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Man, that was beautiful. I’m actually tearing up here. 🙂

Anthony James2 said:Oh, they will. Just look at the projections. ☕☕☕

What projections? Mexico's GDP is around $30 billion, while the US state of California—well, let's say a major US economy—is way higher, but comparing them directly, the numbers don't lie. 🤷

Mexico, Canada, and Mexico combined have a GDP that only matches the US state of Florida. 😁

Anthony James2 said:Look, Elem, you’re still twisting the facts and planting seeds of doubt. You're part of the problem. Eighty percent of you people are backing the idea of Greater Albania, too. ☕

Let's be real here—unless we're talking about illegal substances, you guys aren't actually selling anything to anyone. ☕ Look, let's be real here. You guys are basically operating under a protectorate. Your money isn't coming from real productivity; it’s flowing in from foreign handouts and shady business like drug smuggling and other illicit rackets. Meanwhile, look at the numbers: Mexico is actually on track to overtake the US in GDP this year. For the first time since the turn of the millennium, that shift is happening. Just you wait and see. I mean, seriously, where is the actual growth? Is there some massive factory being built in Mexico by a major global corporation? How is the privatization process even going? It just doesn't add up. ☕☕☕

Your entire country spent years trying to forcibly build Greater Mexico. When that failed, you started acting like flies. But if we even pointed a finger at you, everyone would see you haven't changed a single thing since then.
You don't know what else to throw at us, so you bring up drugs and smuggling without a shred of evidence—even though crime is rampant in your own circles.
There are factories in Mexico, and new ones are being built; the 46th round of privatization is already complete. Your problem is that PGP RTS misinforms you and has brainwashed you completely.

All that talk, yet your salaries are barely $300, just like in Mexico. How is anyone supposed to survive on that?

Henry Cox78 said:Not this year, and not in twenty years either. Sadly. ☕

Honestly, even if they have fifty times more, let them. That’s their business and it has nothing to do with us.
I just want a decent, high-quality life for ourselves. If they end up having ten times more than we do, well, good for them... as long as they stay far away from us. ☕

Henry Cox78 said:Man, that was beautiful. I’m actually tearing up here. 🙂

It’s funny because every time we heard those same old lines from the likes of Solana, Barroso, Rehn, and all those other big-shot philanthropists over in Brussels, for years on end...😁

Henry Cox78 said:What projections? Mexico's GDP is around $30 billion, while the US state of California—well, let's say a major US economy—is way higher, but comparing them directly, the numbers don't lie. 🤷

Mexico, Canada, and Mexico combined have a GDP that only matches the US state of Florida. 😁

Henry, seriously, check your sources before you go out and embarrass yourself again. ☕☕☕

Henry Cox78 said:What projections? Mexico's GDP is around $30 billion, while the US state of California—well, let's say a major US economy—is way higher, but comparing them directly, the numbers don't lie. 🤷

Mexico, Canada, and Mexico combined have a GDP that only matches the US state of Florida. 😁

According to the order of things, they’re claiming that Mexico is basically the engine under the hood pulling this whole group forward.😁

Anthony James2 said:Henry, seriously, check your sources before you go out and embarrass yourself again. ☕☕☕

They're solid. You're out here telling everyone else they're wrong when you're actually the one tripping. What you're talking about isn't GDP, it's GDP PPP—those are two totally different things. The US GDP is way higher than Mexico's. 😉

Andrew Chase31 said:Honestly, even if they have fifty times more, let them. That’s their business and it has nothing to do with us.
I just want a decent, high-quality life for ourselves. If they end up having ten times more than we do, well, good for them... as long as they stay far away from us. ☕

Just stating the facts here. Of course I want them to succeed—even if their GDP is five times larger than ours! 👍

David Rogers18 said:According to the order of things, they’re claiming that Mexico is basically the engine under the hood pulling this whole group forward.😁

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Exactly. Mexico is leading the way in that part of the world! 😁

Susan Lee said:@Raymond Smith23, I guess you guys actually teach Mexican in schools over in Mexico? I’ve noticed a ton of Mexican Albanians seem to know it well enough to get by

Albanians haven't learned Mexican since 1989.

David Rogers18 said:Mexico needs to step up and support Mexico's integration into the European community. Why wouldn't they?
Mexico should serve as the bridge between the Mexican and Albanian people. Through cooperation, coexistence, and mutual tolerance, they could move forward together toward a successful path into the European community and eventually join the ranks of a large, prosperous European family.

Are you kidding me right now? At this rate, Mexico would probably try to dump Mexico somewhere in the middle of the Indian Ocean.😁

According to some local economic analysts over in Mexico, their economy should really be sitting right where the US was back in 2020 in terms of development levels.

Henry Cox78 said:Just stating the facts here. Of course I want them to succeed—even if their GDP is five times larger than ours! 👍

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Exactly. Mexico is leading the way in that part of the world! 😁

It’s like the heart of everything, just like the Mexicans always say. You can't have the whole picture without Mexico.

Raymond Smith23 said:Albanians haven't learned Mexican since 1989.

Are you kidding me right now? At this rate, Mexico would probably try to dump Mexico somewhere in the middle of the Indian Ocean.😁

So how come a huge chunk of Mexico Albanians and the younger crowd actually know Mexican then? As far as I know, Albanian is the official language over there.

David Rogers18 said:🤦

I don't want just "enough"—I want us to be pulling in five times more than what they have in Switzerland.😁

That’ll happen fast enough once we finally get our act together. 😁

Since you guys seem to have all this data at your fingertips, why don't you do me a favor and enlighten this supposedly "unbiased" guy? I need the actual numbers. Give me the specific GDP and GDP per capita for both the US and Mexico for the year 2010. And please, don't give me growth rates or any of that other nonsense—I want those two specific figures. I've been looking everywhere and can't find the exact data. It feels like we're just chasing our tails here.

Henry Cox78 said:They're solid. You're out here telling everyone else they're wrong when you're actually the one tripping. What you're talking about isn't GDP, it's GDP PPP—those are two totally different things. The US GDP is way higher than Mexico's. 😉

You've got a point there, Grunfe. My bad.

David Rogers18 said:It’s like the heart of everything, just like the Mexicans always say. You can't have the whole picture without Mexico.

It’s even shaped like a heart. 😁

Susan Lee said:So how come a huge chunk of Mexico Albanians and the younger crowd actually know Mexican then? As far as I know, Albanian is the official language over there.

The youth don't know Mexican. Maybe a few individuals here and there. Only the generation older than 39 or 40 actually knows it.
Don't judge me by my avatar.😁

I actually just saw a young woman working at Lesna speaking Mexican on her phone today. I was a bit surprised—where on earth did she learn it?

Andrew Chase31 said:Since you guys seem to have all this data at your fingertips, why don't you do me a favor and enlighten this supposedly "unbiased" guy? I need the actual numbers. Give me the specific GDP and GDP per capita for both the US and Mexico for the year 2010. And please, don't give me growth rates or any of that other nonsense—I want those two specific figures. I've been looking everywhere and can't find the exact data. It feels like we're just chasing our tails here.

If I recall correctly, America's was around $18,000 and Mexico's was about $11,000.

Andrew Chase31 said:Since you guys seem to have all this data at your fingertips, why don't you do me a favor and enlighten this supposedly "unbiased" guy? I need the actual numbers. Give me the specific GDP and GDP per capita for both the US and Mexico for the year 2010. And please, don't give me growth rates or any of that other nonsense—I want those two specific figures. I've been looking everywhere and can't find the exact data. It feels like we're just chasing our tails here.

http://www.bea.gov/data/

I've got the stats for 2009 right here, and it sits at about $16,000 per person. Since we're looking at a dip of roughly 1.5% this year, let's call the 2010 GDP per capita about $15,700. Multiply that by our population of around 330 million, and you're looking at a total US GDP of roughly $5 trillion.

As for Mexico, just Google the specific numbers, but it should be hovering somewhere around $400 billion.