I had a classmate in college who made fun of me for studying communication studies and said that my degree was so easy that instead of paying for the registration, I paid a cover. I couldn't keep quiet, especially knowing that he studied economics. Among other things, he told her that economists are the only ones who have to study for five years to make predictions that never come true. This comment may show that I am ignorant of economics as a science, but I don't need to know much to see that cutting the state budget has negative consequences for the development of the country.
Months ago, during one of its occurrences, President López Orador He announced that Franciscan poverty would be applied in his government in addition to republican austerity. It is appropriate to clarify that this poverty did not apply to the priority projects of the current administration. The price of the Dos Bocas refinery has tripled (I wish it had a mouth) and you can't even refine a drop of gasoline there, even though it was inaugurated. Another bottomless barrel is the infamous Mayan Train, whose budget had to be multiplied by five to be under 70 percent of the total work. The lack of planning, feasibility studies and environmental impacts resulted in a much higher cost than planned, and this AMLO He promised not to cut down a single tree. The cancellation of the Texcoco airport – already during the Republican austerity – in addition to the loss of confidence of foreign investors, cost the country 331 billion pesos, 232 percent more than what is spent on the construction of the airport. Although if we add the 74,305 million allocated for the construction of AIFA, which no one wants to fly, then we realize that in 4T, the only thing that matters is own business and fulfilling the whims of the top leader, regardless of what they do. we are wasting millions of dollars.
There will be those who dispute what I am saying, arguing that the country has never had so many reserves, but that is not because of the president, but because of the Bank of Mexico and previous administrations that were more responsible with public spending as López's budget-deficit Claudia hand over his administration, forcing him to increase the tax burden on Mexicans, reduce the grant base with welfare grants, and scale back his infrastructure projects. Many Mexicans are happy with the 1,925 pesos they get a month from the government, but the truth is that they are getting enough if they spend less and less. Previously, with the help of Seguro Popular, people could undergo tests, undergo surgery or receive medicine virtually free of charge. Now, due to excessive inflation and national drug shortages, they can buy very little with these populist handouts. On the other hand, single mothers have to work harder to pay for the daycare that the federal government has taken away from them.
It is criminal that all this waste, which responds to the whims of the president, is compensated by criminal austerity in sectors such as health, education, agriculture, clean energy, and the case of republican states whose rulers are not from Morena Coahuila.
Some people say that the budget needs to be adjusted because they believe the lie that López Obrador He did not ask for loans for his projects, but the data shows the opposite, in that he himself admitted that he significantly increased the debt during his last year in office. And if that wasn't enough, AMLO In the first years of his administration, he contracted so much debt that he had not yet reached the middle of his six-year term, when he had already exceeded the debt contracted by Peña during his administration by 65 percent.
And speaking of so many millions, the million dollar question comes to mind: has this massive indebtedness generated greater social benefit and development for Mexico? We all know the answer. According to AMLO, we used to have a rich government with poor people. Now we have a president who is a billionaire in terms of resources and power, and a people disappointed by the actions of a man who was a ray of hope for many and who is now nothing more than the living incarnation of the mafia in power.
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