mexico's full name is 'the united states of mexico'.

 mexico's full name, in english, is the united states of mexico.

in the united states, prescription drugs have become so expensive that at least one insurance company now pays for its members to go to mexico to get their prescriptions filled.

in addition to paying for the trips, the company puts their members up in a hotel overnight and provides a us$500 stipend to cover any other out-of-pocket costs associated with the trip.

mexico's full name translates as 'the united states of mexico'.

(not only that - central and south americans call themselves americans, and are correct to do so, even though they are not citizens of the united states of america.)

many american citizens who live near the mexican border cross over to receive medical and dental care, which costs a fraction of what it does in the u.s.

percent of american population that are unauthorized mexican immigrants: 1.6%

mexico has just 1 gun store. not just 1 in each city, or 1 in each state - one in the entire country. 90% of all of the guns in mexico arrive there - illegally - from the u.s.

there are 6,000 gun stores on the u.s. side of the mexican border - within just a few miles of it, in fact. nobody on the u.s. side enforces existing laws regarding exportation, and the nra has successfully blocked making interstate transportation (let alone international transportation) of illegal firearms a felony.

in mexico, milk is packaged in such a way that it lasts for up to 6 months, and requires no refrigeration prior to opening.

the average mexican employee works more than 10 hours per day.

mexico is currently the world's most obese nation. (but we'll beat'em next year.)

the first 6 years of the war on drugs in mexico resulted in higher casualties than the first 10 years of the war in afghanistan.

70% of all of the illegal weapons seized in mexico came from the united states.

one of the companies hired to build the proposed wall between the u.s. and mexico was fined for hiring illegal aliens.

comedian louis c.k. is mexican.

no one in mexico will eat food from taco bell, even if it's labeled as 'american food'. yum! brands, the owner of taco bell, has tried twice to enter the mexican market, and failed miserably both times.

the caesar salad was invented by a restaurant owner in tijuana, mexico.

the tarahumara indians of mexico barter rather than use money, live far apart from each other, share everything they own amongst their community, smoke, and make moonshine. they also regularly run 200 miles without stopping, wearing sandals... on their toes.

to keep their phone calls from being intercepted by police, mexican drug cartels set up their own telephone network, with their own cell towers. it covers thousands of miles.

62% of bankruptcies in the united states are due to medical bills. 4 out of 5 of these people had health insurance, but either they got so sick that they lost their job (and their insurance with it), or could not afford to pay deductibles, co-payments and services that were not covered by their insurance.

example 1: marcie edmonds was billed us$83,046 for 2 scorpion sting anti-venom shots that would have cost us$200 in mexico. (americans are forbidden by law from purchasing medication in mexico by the medicare drug act.)

example 2: melissa torres was in an auto accident. the hospital originally billed her us$4850 for her emergency room visit. when the hospital found out that she received an insurance settlement, they upped the bill to us$20,211.

think coke and pepsi have a fierce competition going on in the states? in mexico, they've gone so far as to infiltrate local politics and even religion, with local shamans claiming that one beverage or the other can actually heal people. what makes it even worse is that a can of either costs the locals a day's wage.