Okay, it looks like the US has enough motives for a color revolution in Mexico. Reason: (Long list below)
https://x.com/Kanthan2030/status/1990210828688371953
Okay, it looks like the US has enough motives for a color revolution in Mexico.
Reason: (Long list below)
Under former Pres. AMLO and his successor Sheinbaum, Mexico has become a bit too progressive or “socialist.”
Minimum wage was TRIPLED in six years under AMLO (from $5 a day to $15/day). Now, Sheinbaum wants to double it again in her term.
She wants to build one MILLION homes and offer 0% interest mortgages for low-income people.
Sheinbaum de-privatized oil, electricity and railway companies. Not a full nationalization, but gov has majority shares.
She has gone after the 5th richest man in Mexico for back taxes. This was made possible with changes to judiciary (which is controversial)
Her party is trying to reduce the workweek from 48 hours to 40 hours
Trying to provide social security benefits for gig workers (like Uber)
She raised taxes on Coca Cola and forced it to reduce sugar by 30%.
There are other new “sin taxes.”
Big spending on public schools infrastructure and scholarship to help the poor
Trickle-Up" Economics: The administration operates on a principle of "for the good of all, the poor come first.”
These are all anathema for neoliberal capitalists in Mexico and the US.
During the Cold War, the US overthrew many Latin American leaders for such progressive policies.
Minimum wage was TRIPLED in six years under AMLO (from $5 a day to $15/day). Now, Sheinbaum wants to double it again in her term.
She wants to build one MILLION homes and offer 0% interest mortgages for low-income people.
Sheinbaum de-privatized oil, electricity and railway companies. Not a full nationalization, but gov has majority shares.
She has gone after the 5th richest man in Mexico for back taxes. This was made possible with changes to judiciary (which is controversial)
Her party is trying to reduce the workweek from 48 hours to 40 hours
Trying to provide social security benefits for gig workers (like Uber)
She raised taxes on Coca Cola and forced it to reduce sugar by 30%.
There are other new “sin taxes.”
Big spending on public schools infrastructure and scholarship to help the poor
Trickle-Up" Economics: The administration operates on a principle of "for the good of all, the poor come first.”
These are all anathema for neoliberal capitalists in Mexico and the US.
During the Cold War, the US overthrew many Latin American leaders for such progressive policies.
posted by Satish Sharma at
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