Again: this is a campaign to promote turnout for the March 27 vote - the "Yes" is in favor of merely holding the poll, open to any registered voter.
Here's the logo (in a seeming family-value oriented format!) of the campaign:
Monday, March 14, 2011
Campaign for the PRD-PAN Mexico State vote on alliance is on
The campaign for the PRD-PAN vote in Mexico State over a possible alliance for the July 3 gubernatorial elections is on, and so is its Web page, where results of the March 27 vote will be posted.
Again: this is a campaign to promote turnout for the March 27 vote - the "Yes" is in favor of merely holding the poll, open to any registered voter.
Here's the logo (in a seeming family-value oriented format!) of the campaign:
Again: this is a campaign to promote turnout for the March 27 vote - the "Yes" is in favor of merely holding the poll, open to any registered voter.
Here's the logo (in a seeming family-value oriented format!) of the campaign:
Sunday, March 13, 2011
One legacy of PRI's disastrous rule of Oaxaca: 96 percent of funds federal
These figures, revealed by Oaxaca's new secretary of finance Gerardo Cajiga Estrada, are truly dramatic: The state manages only to contribute 3.75 percent of its total spending, meaning 96.25 percent of funds spent by the state government are transfers from the federal government.
PRI, which governed the state for 81 years, almost completely failed in two very basic state functions: To provide a monopoly of the legitimate use of violence, and to produce a functioning state bureaucracy capable of taxing its citizens.
As the new Gabino Cué government is taking stock, here's part of the PRI legacy on the latter function:
- More than 55 percent of commercial business do not pay taxes
- Only a third of impuesto sobre nómina or payroll taxes are paid
- Only 30 percent pay the required tenencia or car tax
- The average predial or property tax payment is 35 pesos, against ideally 220, according to Cajiga Estrada.
PRI, which governed the state for 81 years, almost completely failed in two very basic state functions: To provide a monopoly of the legitimate use of violence, and to produce a functioning state bureaucracy capable of taxing its citizens.
As the new Gabino Cué government is taking stock, here's part of the PRI legacy on the latter function:
- More than 55 percent of commercial business do not pay taxes
- Only a third of impuesto sobre nómina or payroll taxes are paid
- Only 30 percent pay the required tenencia or car tax
- The average predial or property tax payment is 35 pesos, against ideally 220, according to Cajiga Estrada.
Political or religious proselytizing?
"Go from door to door, convince the people.Do not worry about what they may say; this task is so deserving, because one is working even to rescue those who are against our movement, and for their ignorance are supporting lost causes. Go even to those areas that are said to be priístas or panistas; you will find yourselves surprised how many of them still support us."
You be the judge.
(AMLO quoted in today's Milenio on how to spread the message of his Movimiento de Regeneración Nacional, Morena)
(AMLO quoted in today's Milenio on how to spread the message of his Movimiento de Regeneración Nacional, Morena)
Saturday, March 12, 2011
AMLO on Josefina Vázquez Mota
AMLO, on the news that PAN's Josefina Vázquez Mota wants to seek PAN's presidential nomination:
"She is a member of the mafia of power."
Given that AMLO's 2006 loss - yes, he lost - has often been chalked up to this kind of discourse (rather than, say, his actual political program, which was quite centrist) characterizing a possible (likely?) competitor in the 2012 race as a member of the "mafia," is demonstrating very little sense of political learning.
"She is a member of the mafia of power."
Given that AMLO's 2006 loss - yes, he lost - has often been chalked up to this kind of discourse (rather than, say, his actual political program, which was quite centrist) characterizing a possible (likely?) competitor in the 2012 race as a member of the "mafia," is demonstrating very little sense of political learning.
Mexico's desperately needed fiscal reform
An El Universal editorial addresses a long known truth that nonetheless warrants repetition:
In Latin America, only Haiti, the poorest country in the hemisphere, collects less tax revenue than Mexico - around 10 percent of its gross domestic product - compared to almost 40 percent of the quite comparable case of Brazil, and the 30-40 range of the OECD countries.
What does this mean? That very few people pay taxes in Mexico.
Oh, and by the way, Carlos Slim is back on the top as the richest man on the planet.
In Latin America, only Haiti, the poorest country in the hemisphere, collects less tax revenue than Mexico - around 10 percent of its gross domestic product - compared to almost 40 percent of the quite comparable case of Brazil, and the 30-40 range of the OECD countries.
What does this mean? That very few people pay taxes in Mexico.
Oh, and by the way, Carlos Slim is back on the top as the richest man on the planet.
PAN and Wikileaks. Pounding Pascual
The continuing reactions to Carlos Pascual's leaked assessments of PAN's potential presidential contenders, whom the U.S. ambassador in confidential non-for-distribution cable characterized as "gray" and "weak," are becoming increasingly pathetic and, as far as I can see, counterproductive, given thaty they assure the continuing dissemination of Pascual's negative characterizations of the PAN.
Gustavo Madero, PAN leader, says: The cable "hurts very much the relations between Mexico and the United States."
PAN senator José González Morfín, to add head of the party's senate group, says:
"How little diplomatic Ambassador Pascual has emerged - I have no knowledge of any representative in the diplomatic history of Mexico who has behaved like this."
Really? Perhaps because there were no such leaks in the past. For crying out loud: Pascual did not make these declarations with the intent of making them public; they were released by Wikileaks! Of course Madero and González Morfín are not as stupid as to think the U.S. embassy does not make assessments of presidential contenders - so why on earth do they continue this pathetic knee-jerk reaction to a document that was for internal use only? It is making the party look pretty stupid, and not just "grey" and "weak," as Pascual, in what seems to me to be a quite accurate assessment, noted in the cable.
Gustavo Madero, PAN leader, says: The cable "hurts very much the relations between Mexico and the United States."
PAN senator José González Morfín, to add head of the party's senate group, says:
"How little diplomatic Ambassador Pascual has emerged - I have no knowledge of any representative in the diplomatic history of Mexico who has behaved like this."
Really? Perhaps because there were no such leaks in the past. For crying out loud: Pascual did not make these declarations with the intent of making them public; they were released by Wikileaks! Of course Madero and González Morfín are not as stupid as to think the U.S. embassy does not make assessments of presidential contenders - so why on earth do they continue this pathetic knee-jerk reaction to a document that was for internal use only? It is making the party look pretty stupid, and not just "grey" and "weak," as Pascual, in what seems to me to be a quite accurate assessment, noted in the cable.
The case of Basilia Ucan Nah: United Nations gets involved
The case of Basilia Ucan Nah, an indigenous woman in Quintana Roo, accused of pimping, stinks to high heaven.
Now, the United Nations is getting involved: Its High Commissioner for Human Rights has requested that authorities in Quintana Roo revise the case. OHCHR Javier Hernández Valencia representative met with the accused, and also sought to speak with local judicial authorities, though without luck.
Why? They were unavailable, busy celebrating carneval.
Now, the United Nations is getting involved: Its High Commissioner for Human Rights has requested that authorities in Quintana Roo revise the case. OHCHR Javier Hernández Valencia representative met with the accused, and also sought to speak with local judicial authorities, though without luck.
Why? They were unavailable, busy celebrating carneval.
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