To the Editor:

So I hear that Mexico is going to build a wall. This could be a good thing. For far too long the criminal element has crossed that border with robbery in mind...and Mexico has been the victim.

Our southern neighbor needs to stop the flow of greedy American companies who build factories, pay starvation wages, and enslave their people. These manufacturers have exported our pollution problems to Mexico, leaving all health concerns south of the border.

We have corrupted Mexico's rural economy, turning farmers into hapless enablers of America's bottomless appetite for drugs.

Giant American energy companies steal Mexico's corn and turn it into fuel, leaving the people hungry, and the farmers subject to the whims of global energy markets. These disruptions have become the new extraction industry for America's investors.

Mexico cannot become safe and whole until they get control of their border and stop the flood of greed and rabid capitalism from entering their country. Every wall will have doors, and Mexico should decide who comes in, and why.

Michael Greer

Potsdam