Posted on 10/02/2018 3:27:03 AM PDT by blueplum
The proposed six-year plan means almost every state in Mexico could be home to a government agency
….Morales (not her real name) is worried her life could be derailed by an ambitious plan by the president-elect, Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Over the next six years, he wants to move the headquarters of up to 31 government agencies out of Mexico City to spread civil service job opportunities to smaller cities...
...With 700,000 government employees in the capital, many with families, the plan could lead to an exodus of 2.7 million people from the metropolitan area of Mexico City. But that is a liberal estimate, as it is unlikely that every employee will be able to follow their jobs.
...In a 400-page policy document, López Obrador says the country’s “exacerbated centralism” – with “practically the entire federal government” and many major businesses in Mexico City – has led to overpopulation in the capital while smaller cities remain underdeveloped. According to the Mexican Association of Real Estate Professionals (AMPI), only six cities have the infrastructure to receive an agency – the others will need significant investment in office and residential real estate. Though that is likely to cause disruption, most local governments and businesses have welcomed the prospect. An AMPI press release said construction would revitalise ...
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“notice where they’re moving their Treasury? ”
Yes, what’s your inference?
I wonder what percentage of “their” economy is remittances from illegal aliens in the US?
This sounds like a plan that the US would do well to emulate. Get the concentration of government out of DC, spread agencies around, get more government employees living and working among the citizens whom they are supposed to be serving—seems like a winning proposition to me.
Better idea: Devolve power back to the states, and let states do it. With federal block grants if needed. Nobody needs a freaking Fedzilla.
I would like to see the US government decentralized and spread evenly across the United States. For one thing, imagine what one nuclear bomb would do to the American government. For another, the concentration makes travel in the city crowded, difficult and dangerous. Originally, the month’s long travel time to go anywhere required that government be collocated. Those days are over. In theory, almost every elected politician could work from home.
MexI cali for Treasury?!
Whoakaaaay....
original congressional apportionment was 1:30000. Would give us 10K congresscritters-meeting electronically from their districts.
Far more accessible to their constituents-and far easier to keep an eye on who is lobbying them for what
I propose a constitutional amendment to decentralize the legislative branch of government. Make them remain in their home districts/states and to have contact with their body electronically. No more DC parties and back room deals. Go to work for their constituents like they were hired to do.
Why do we let our servants run our lives?
that our border is the safest place for it?
Yep...good idea. Decentralized works!
How come the Mexican gubmint doesn’t move its operations to Los Angeles ?
They could gather on occasion in DC for inaugurations and state of the unions and a few other special events.
Actually, during the 1950s (cold-war peak), Congress actually passed a law requiring the decentralization of federal agency headquarters to cities throughout the country! Naturally..., nothing ever happened, in fact, the law may still be on the books!
Alaska passed a law requiring their Capitol to be moved from Juneau to Anchorage years ago (Juneau can only be reached by sea/air), nothing ever happened!
I love that idea
I’ve been saying a similar thing for years.
When they live and work in DC, they are immersed in a hostile, anti-freedom environment. It is not surprising that many of them adopt that culture. The best way to keep them focused on the interests of their constituents is, IMO, to keep them in their home districts. And limit hostile/biased media access.
too many messicans
>>Alaska passed a law requiring their Capitol to be moved from Juneau to Anchorage years ago (Juneau can only be reached by sea/air), nothing ever happened! <<
Still waiting for the weather to clear.
If my wife wasn’t in DC I would relish that idea, and go ahead and take all Philly, Chitown, LA, SF, Houston, and Baltimore too. Then have the next election and watch the Blue Wave.
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