Letters to the Editor
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A brilliant idea
Hey! If Mexican farmers start getting richer and providing, you know, JOBS in their own country for their own people... maybe we'll see fewer illegal immigrants in the U.S. You think? Maybe? I wonder if I've just stumbled on a solution to our "illegal immigrant problem."
Yeah, I know. Brilliant. Nobody's thought of that before. But stay your applause, because I'm sure things are more complicated.
By the way, you who rail against "GM crap" which is "proven to increase obesity", etc. May I have a link to that startling information? And while we're at it, may I point out that what we call "corn" now is by no means a "natural" plant. It's so far removed from its ancestor that it can't even reproduce without human intervention. So is wheat. So is rye. So are legumes. And let's not even get into triticale, the wheat-rye hybrid which is, I hear, sold in them health food stores. You would lose your organic pesticide-free lunch if you knew how they were able to get a hybrid of two distinct species. (Hint: it involves nasty harsh chemicals, and yes, genetic modification.)
(Disclaimer: I am not a spokesman for Monsanto or any other Evil Corporation (tm). I am merely a molecular biologist who dislikes when people equate genetics with evil. I also do not think that genetically modified crops are perfectly safe and are a panacea to all the world hunger issues. I, however, believe that humans were genetically modifying crops since before we knew what genes were or invented the word "modify".)