Nader coming to Houston, but he won't be on the ballot

Ralph Nader's name will be gone from the Texas presidential ballot this year, but he's coming to Houston on Sunday to campaign anyway — with ideas about solving immigration issues with economic policies rather than border barriers. If the United States were to stop shipping subsidized corn to Mexico, he said in an interview Wednesday, many Mexicans could make a better living growing corn on their farms. If America adjusted the minimum wage for inflation to $10 per hour, he said, more American citizens would want to perform the jobs that now are left to illegal immigrants. Nader also took a shot at the Mexican government. As president, the consumer advocate and virtually constant candidate said, he "would not have a foreign policy that supported oligarchs and dictatorial regimes south of our border which impoverish people to... [read full story]