basserdan, great post. However we all have to be prepared not only for the increase in wages for Mexican mining workers, but for this bill too pass too, since the new Mexican President is left wing and wants this bill to pass. Usually these left wing President types in South, Central America, get what they want. Every time they are voted in by the poor to makes things better, they usually makes things worse for the poor. In this case some of the poor that have mining jobs will still be poor, but their job will be gone. Also, this would not be the first time in Mexico there was restrictions on mining. Until the 1960s, 70s I believe, mining was banned, and until the 1990s, you had to have a Mexican partner to own a mine in Mexico. Just my opinion.
