Monday, July 02, 2018
Holding back....
I'm going to hold back on cheering for Obrador in Mexico. His agenda sounds excellent, but I'll wait for action. Been fooled before, won't be fooled again.
The response of "both" "sides" in USA media gives me HOPE that he may be genuine.
"Leftist" Deepstate media are happy that Obrador will be the perfect enemy of Trump. Really? Obrador claims that he wants to get rid of NAFTA. Trump claims that he wants to get rid of NAFTA. Where's the disagreement? NAFTA has ruined ordinary people and enriched the rich in BOTH countries. Real leftists are supposed to make life better for the poor, and eliminating NAFTA is a good move in that direction for BOTH countries.
"Right-wing" Deepstate media are bashing Obrador for being a "socialist".
Yes, he wants to raise taxes and possibly clamp down on corruption to pay for these government handouts. Rather than encouraging competition, he wants to reverse the energy reforms that ended state owned Pemex’s monopoly in the oil industry. He calls for an end to crude oil exports and instead, he wants to build more oil refineries to help Mexico achieve energy independence while guaranteeing employment of Pemex union workers. Rather than moving Mexico’s economy forward by encouraging free trade, he wants to take Mexico backward by incentivizing agriculture, so Mexico will be self-sufficient in food production. His nationalistic economic policy suggests he’s unwilling to compromise on the NAFTA negotiation with the U.S.This sounds like an IDEALLY PERFECT agenda for the people of Mexico, but the "right-wing" writer seems to think all of these moves are horrible. Why, for fuck's sake? Still, this is just talk about talk about talk. (I'm talking about the media talking about Obrador's talk.) (And now I'm talking about talking about the media talking about Obrador's talk.) (And now I'm ... If he starts off with immediate and decisive and relentless ACTION, like Italy's new government, we'll finally have the first real improvement in this hemisphere since 1946.
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