Not too long ago, the idea that big-shot American CEOs would be touting Mexico would have seemed unlikely.

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It was a long-shot idea, easily fifteen years from reality, if it became a reality at all.

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That idea that everybody should have a fair shot, not just some -- that this country is special because it has grown this magnificent middle class and has provided ladders of access for those striving to get into the middle class -- that's the idea that drove me.

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The idea is to benefit from a rare planetary alignment that would make this sling-shot method possible.

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