Don't underestimate Mexico

Regarding the Danziger cartoon, Nov. 8: Millions of hard-working Mexicans drive to work every day in American cars. The burro is hardly the mode of transportation of choice for most Mexican people.

The United States press erred by not educating the American people to the rapidly evolving Japanese economy and now they are doing the same thing with the Mexican economy. Valerie McCaffrey, Beverly Farms, Mass.

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