I've got serious money riding on this, and I'm not talking about a $50 wager on predictit.com, so I've read some of what Lopez Obrador has said this time around. The guy actually sounds a lot like Trump. He says he's in favor of low taxes, and he's a trade protectionist. He's also a fiery nationalist, a populist. Finally, like Trump, he said he'd balance the budget. You can bet both were lying on that last one.ok. 4 out of 6 were PRI. Pena Nieto, also PRI, pretty much had to, as PEMEX is highly debt ridden and can't afford the infrastructure costs themselves, so they really don't have much choice but to partner up with big foreign players, mainly from the US but i'd bet BP is into it also. and there there are other players wanting in, like the Chinese.
then he needs to be fair about it, fair trade. which is what Trump really wants. not just for Mexico but everyone. The EU, China, and yes even Mother Russia. i'll contend that neither China nor Russia or Mexico could withstand an all out trade war, if it comes down to it, to make them agree to fair trade. China is a house of cards ready to collapse. Russia, not so much but $20 barrels of oil would effectively crush the Russian economy. i wonder what that would do to Putin's re-election bid? bahaha.
the rest of the players, the EU, Japan and Canada to name a few, would fair better. but it would still hurt. Trump does not want everyone worldwide hurt by an all out trade war. but if that's what it takes to make it fair, then so be it. there is an easier way and that's what he really wants. negotiate fair deals for all.
i'll agree with you about the budget. i'd freeze it like Clinton did. but that did nothing for the debt of course, as far as reducing it. it just didn't increase it. it still amazes me that liberals today claim Clinton "eliminated the debt". he did no such thing.
The problem, is Lopez Obrador lying? Is he just saying this to improve his chance of getting elected? If you go back to some of his earlier stuff, it does indeed scare the shit out of the oligarchs. Furthermore, he hasn't respected the electoral process. When he's lost elections, fair and square, he's brought crowds onto the streets for months and even set up a shadow government once. This is one of the reasons why people compare him to Hugo Chavez.
Btw, Many of the oligarchs, the rent seekers who would rather have no competition from U.S. products or companies, would wholeheartedly support trade protectionism.
of course they would. but they aren't gonna get their free ride anymore. they better play ball with Trump or else take it up the ass.
You can't sit out an election and serve again.
interesting. so it's one and done in Mexico. a six year term makes more sense for them, given that. i wondered about that but didn't do a deep dive while replying.
If Lopez Obrador wins and IF he goes Venezuela, including rigging the system so he stays in power for the next 20 years, then people will at some point come flooding into the USA. Mexicans actually started leaving the USA under Obama. You could make the argument that Obama encouraged immigration from Central America, but not Mexico.
This is a great idea. I'm 100% behind LustyLad's plan to import temporary Latin hookers.
but what about the guys that cut my grass? aren't they entitled too? bahhaa.
I wouldn't go back for a $25 whore either. You have to pay $80 to $250, depending on location, to get a good provider in Mexico. On the other hand, if Mexico is Venezuelanized, based on analogies to today, $10 will buy a damn good hooker. Take a look at www.sexycaracas.com, and use the current black market rate of 2,951,374 bolivares per dollar to convert. Actually you can have an hour with a very hot woman for $3.
i wouldn't go back because of the continued violence. while it's abated .. somewhat .. that's in relative terms of course, i'd have to take every firearm i own and there's no better way to get life in prison in Mexico than that. simply not worth it. in life, there are times when being cheap isn't worth it. this is one of them. it's Dallas AMP girls for me. low risk, high reward.
I didn't say anything about six PRI backed presidents. That said, I'm not sure about de la Madrid (PRI). But Salinas (PRI), Zedillo (PRI), Fox (PAN), and Calderon (PAN) would likely have privatized PEMEX if the political climate allowed it. Pena Nieto (PRI) did open up Mexico to foreign oil companies. The Mexican public did not approve. As you note, Pena Nieto's approval ratings are perhaps the lowest of any Mexican president. So why does the Mexican public feel this way? I could go into a long explanation about the "national patrimony," the involvement of U.S. oil companies in Mexico before nationalization, and U.S. policy towards Latin America. With respect to the last point, in recent decades, prior to the election of Trump, sentiments of Latins toward the USA had improved. We've gone the other direction now though. Originally Posted by Tiny
lastly, there is nothing wrong with being populist or nationalist, no matter what the liberal biased media wants to say about it. to their agenda, of course they are gonna label such a candidate or President as a racist, hate mongering xenophobe. doesn't fit their agenda. well too fucking bad. it's why Trump won.
BAHAAHHAA!
