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Mexican shoppers stock up in Tucson - Booming Mexican economy good news for Southern AZ
Tucson Citizen ^
Posted on 12/16/2003 3:31:42 PM PST by jmcclain19
Edited on 05/07/2004 5:37:59 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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Ulises Lizarraga (left), a 31-year-old native of Caborca, Sonora, says the lower prices of goods make shopping in the United States a bargain.
NOGALES, Ariz. - As Ulises Lizarraga loads his new stereo, computer printer and other Christmas gifts into the back of his car, he knows he got some great deals.
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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: aliens; arizona; christmasseason; economy; immigrantlist; mexico; shopping
To: jmcclain19
Thats the way it should be, come over spend your money, go home. Thats what I did in Nogales for years.
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posted on
12/16/2003 3:52:00 PM PST
by
mylife
To: jmcclain19
Something is WRONG here.
Didn't WE used to go to Mexico to get bargains, etc?
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posted on
12/16/2003 4:09:54 PM PST
by
steplock
(www.FOCUS.GOHOTSPRINGS.com)
To: *immigrant_list; A Navy Vet; Lion Den Dan; Free the USA; Libertarianize the GOP; madfly; B4Ranch; ..
ping
To: steplock
The only real bargain there nowadays is ceramic products.
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posted on
12/16/2003 4:51:27 PM PST
by
wjcsux
To: steplock
I fondly recall my youthful days when we made frequent trips to acuna shopping for panoche, liquor, benzedrina, and spanish fly.
To: steplock
Shopping can be okay --- but what happens if the Mexicans ever get smart and just put up their own stores that sell imported items from China for the same prices?
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posted on
12/16/2003 4:55:44 PM PST
by
FITZ
To: jmcclain19
More common, he said, are people seeking low-cost pharmaceuticals and medical attention.I'll bet. Its tough to beat the price of US taxpayer subsidized health care.
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posted on
12/16/2003 6:50:58 PM PST
by
skeeter
(Fac ut vivas)
To: gubamyster
And many of us have heartache for a dismal Christmas, but hey so long as the illegals are robbing us and having a good one!
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posted on
12/16/2003 10:02:44 PM PST
by
JustPiper
(Saddam gives new meaning to "Ace in the Hole")
To: jmcclain19
Yeah make your money under the table in the USofA, go home, shop in Arizona. Life ezzz good.
To: gubamyster
bttt
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posted on
12/17/2003 1:18:00 AM PST
by
lainde
To: FITZ
If they were smart Mexico wouldn't be the rat-infested, disease riddden hole that it is.
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posted on
12/17/2003 4:25:32 AM PST
by
raybbr
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