Business Insider: As Mexico's president defends gas price hikes, nationwide protests descend into looting and violence
Five days after a reviled fuel price increase went into effect, Mexicans are still in the streets protesting against the measure.
Demonstrations spread throughout Mexico during the first days of the year, reportedly occurring in 28 of the country's 32 states, with Mexicans from political parties, labor unions, and other groups mounting sit-ins, roadblocks, and other protests.
In recent days, popular outrage has curdled into violent displays as looters strike stores and other outlets around the country.
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WNU Editor: The Mexican government defends its gas price increases .... Mexico gasoline price hike is a 'responsible' measure: president (Reuters)
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4 comments:
President Pena Nieto:
"We have to pay that gringo for that f****** wall somehow!"
http://digbysblog.blogspot.ca/2017/01/build-that-wall-and-let-american.html?m=1
"The plan is an implicit acknowledgment by Republicans and the incoming administration that Mexico will not pay for the border wall — a promise from Trump that was always viewed skeptically. Instead, American tax dollars will.
The tentative plan would likely be just a piece of a broader, multi-year border security strategy, which Capitol Hill Republicans are still hashing out. They’re already framing the spring cash infusion — which could total hundreds of millions, or perhaps billions, of dollars — as a “down-payment” on Trump’s “build-the-wall” platform. That pledge vaulted the New Yorker from afterthought to front-runner in last year’s crowded GOP presidential primary. "
"hundreds of millions, or perhaps billions, of dollars"
http://www.usdebtclock.org/
"deficit's don't matter",
When Republicans have the House, Senate and White House.
At all other times, deficits are the second most important Republican fixation.
https://www.google.ca/amp/www.forbes.com/sites/stancollender/2016/11/27/republicans-expose-themselves-as-deficit-frauds/?client=safari
Still, it sells well to the rubes.
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