continue to plunge ourselves in countless never ending conflicts‚ we are ignoring our own ongoing war next door. Mexico‚ our neighboring country to the south has been waging a war for years that has seemed to have gone unnoticed. This war is between the Mexican government and the cartels that seem to run the country. Just like the USA has people that support its politicians‚ the same thing happens in Mexico with the cartels. These politicians seems to be acting as puppets of the cartels that do anything
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(1) Sales‚ Sales Growth (Hint: Use Revenue Line) Sales Amount in USD; Growth in percentage. | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | SALES | 1‚331‚968‚000 | 1‚518‚417‚000 | 1‚835‚922‚000 | 2‚269‚548‚000 | 2‚731‚224‚000 | SALES GROWTH | ------ | 13.99 | 20.91 | 23.61 | 20.34 | (2) Gross Margins (Hint: Restaurant Operating Costs Lines for COGS) Gross Margin = (Sales – COGS) / Sales; Expressed in % | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | SALES | 1‚331‚968‚000 | 1‚518‚417
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Bill Clinton’s unofficial campaign motto works well to answer this question “It’s the economy‚ stupid”. Economic pressures are the most immediate force; families think about money daily no matter their situation. In a capitalist society‚ the ability to make money directly correlates with standard of living. For this response I will focus on Mexico as the example of a third-world country sending immigrants to the United States. The average GDP per capita of the United States is the highest out of
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Chipotle Mexican Grill Chipotle Mexican Grill is an example of a relatively recent entrant in the national fast-food space that has provided exceptional quality to customers. Chipotle started as a one-shop burrito restaurant in Denver in 1993 that today is a publicly traded company with $1.3 billion in revenues from 1‚000 restaurants. The company offers fast-casual‚ fresh Mexican food restaurants in the United States‚ UK‚ and Canada. In 2010 it had revenues of $1.74 billion. Chipotle has differentiated
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The Mexican Drug War South of the United States across the border in Mexico there is a current drug war. According to Solomon Moore of The New York Times‚ the United States has helped the Mexican governments with over $1.5 billion dollars (1). The Mexican government is battling their drug cartels and the cartels are battling one another. The illegal drug market has never been so unsettled. There are small elite killing squads now operating on both sides of the Mexican-American border. Law enforcement
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expansionism under the guise of Manifest Destiny. As early as the 1820s‚ the enduring racial stereotype of Mexicans as an “idle‚ thriftless people” was used to justify the rapid influx of White Americans into the Mexican territory of California‚ with the eminent statesman Richard Henry Dana reported to have exclaimed that “in the hands of an enterprising people‚ what a country this might be!” After the Mexican-American War claimed around 40‚000 lives in less than two years
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Times of revolution and conflict are never lacked by nations worldwide; however‚ particular comparisons lead to intriguing ideas to ponder upon. Such is the case with the American and Mexican Revolutionary wars‚ in which‚ times‚ people and ideals were those of a recommencement‚ a restoration for a nation that had been oppressed and impaired. Yet‚ at times‚ still differenced themselves by the very basis of their own societies‚ whom had been influenced by innermost factors developed with strong principles
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discuss the one about every Hispanic person being Mexican. For some reason some people born in the United States have not been taught about the world and it countries. They seem to think that every Hispanic person regardless what continent they come from are Mexicans. Which makes me wonder if they seem to think that Spain‚ Central‚ and South America are part of Mexico. I have nothing against Mexican people‚ but we are being labeled by the Mexican stereotype. Which makes people assume you are here
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Cited: Sandra. "Mexican Drug Cartels." Mexican Drug Cartels. N.p.‚ 26 Nov. 2009. Web. 26 Apr. 2013. <http://mexicandrugcartels.blogspot.com/>. "Texas Drug Wars - Cartel Crackdown (Documentary Film)." YouTube. YouTube‚ 13 Feb. 2013. Web. 26 Apr. 2013. <http://www.youtube.com/watch
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On the Mexican side of the border‚ there are some social problems. People try to get through the border all the time to escape poverty and violence‚ but gaining legal entry is very difficult. The new arrivals are given an electronic anklet and a court date to seek Asylum‚ but there only a certain amount of people can gain entry this way. President Trump has suggested ending this policy known as “Catch and release by building new detention centres‚ or by forcing them back over the border to Mexico
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