I thinking a little about the recent increases in food from the basket basic Mexican and suddenly went into a tremendous confusion: our legislators have not passed the soft drink tax increase because according to them is part of the Mexican diet, and then I realized that I have lived all my life deceived: "the tortilla is not part of the Mexican diet?!
caviar tacos
Sounds weird, right? But it sounds strange not only because the caviar is not carried with the tortilla (at least not in tacos). Caviar is one of the food they eat is not common daily for their low availability which leads to its high cost (also known as black gold ). The same is happening with the tortilla, which is why I say it sounds weird, because only those who have more may enjoy as expensive dish, since in recent days the tortilla over 40% increase in price (in some places twice, the price ranged from 8 to 14 pesos) , while the increase in the minimum wage does not exceed 5%.
Why would a country that takes years to produce maize should be imported? Mexico has a lag in support of the field, the appropriations earmarked for agricultural production are few and poorly distributed, only the haves get (another example of the poor distribution of social programs). Behind this there is great interests, lack of credit makes production becomes unprofitable, therefore, farmers stop cultivating their land and migrate to big cities in search of "better opportunities", or rather, looking for wool for your family without pa 'eat. Most emigrated to gringos (further north in northern Mexico) and, hopefully, with luck, be part of the cheap labor that America needs to maintain its empire.
The field is abandoned, the land no longer produces the corn no longer grows. Why Mexico, a country with rich lands for agriculture, should buy corn Frenchy?! Corn is no longer growing, it is better (not for us, not the people) to buy major U.S. companies exporting corn. What kind of corn?, What kind of corn are going to sell?! I heard one legislator (I forget the name) that it was time to open the doors to transgenic maize. Is that the corn that we eat? Now we taquitos transgenic clenbuterol (that thing that give the animals to generate more muscle, but remains in him and we ended up eating it, ie, bioaccumulate).
And if you want to eat a product that has no any chemical, fertilizer, etc. I get more expensive and as the salary is not enough and no pa 'tortillas ... damn, everywhere I turn I see the dollar sign as a neoliberal system that wants to starve the poor, the fucking. Well said in the movie A Wonderful World, the key to poverty is fading away to the poor.
How will we get with this system? Mexico, politically speaking, has big debts with Mexico, socially and economically. When you see enough to pay, or even what time to hold cash.
"Everything for everyone"
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