The first is that the state has abruptly ceased to be America's special Land of Opportunity. No one is allowed to say this, but the two stories are related. As soon as a person crosses the border from Mexico to the United States, his wages explode upward by several times. We are required to believe that this is the result of Magic. There is a Magic Formula that makes the United States what it is.
Liberals say that America is built entirely on some liberal formulas.
Only a heretic like me will say what everybody knows to be true. The major reason that Mexico is so poor relative to the United States is because Mexicans do such an awful job of governing themselves. Mexican politics has historically been a seesaw of revolutionaries who promise to right all wrongs and military dictatorships which impose stability after the revolution. So as Mexicans come into America, they will enjoy the American standard of living for a while. But eventually they will take over, and the United States will begin to enjoy Mexico's standard of living.