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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Probably not easily able to wire cartel money via Western Union. This way they could just walk it across the border like they do drugs. Build that Wall!
All we need is the Congress; the President and DoD, State, and Treasury; and a minimal Federal court system to check the powers of the other two branches. Send all the other functions to the states.
Here’s the controversy: Decentralizing includes Social Security, Medicare, and most of the FBI.
Is Obrador a stealth conservative?
Regarding moving the AK Capital, there were six referendums. The issue boiled down to money. It would cost in the billions to relocate and build new facilities, and state residents wouldn’t go for that.
For one thing, imagine what one nuclear bomb would do to the American government.
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You say that like it is a ‘bad’ thing....<: <: <:
I have lived in ‘Ground zero’ since early 60s - a little farther out now - but figure the LAST thing any enemy would do -other than a moral booster/killer - is disrupt THIS PRESENT GOVERNMENT.
Were I in charge of the dissidents, I would deem these fools get to act forever.
Can you imagine the ‘Chinese Fire Drill’ were the likes of Pelosi-Jackson-Feinstein-and the rest of the LIBs and their traitor like RINOs were in charge of mounting a counter attack???
He’s supposedly a radical leftist, but he actually has shown a lot of flashes of common sense and this is a good plan. It might also result in improving the infrastructure in Mexico’s smaller cities and bringing a little more law and order to them.
Why controversial?? All of those agencies already have offices in every state. Given the ubiquity and speed of electronic communication, there is no reason NOT to do this.
“This sounds like a plan that the US would do well to emulate.”
Only if the department let go of their current employees from the D.C. area and the new hires were from the local area. To do otherwise would be spreading the past from the wound to the rest of the body.
I’ve advocated this here for years. Move State to West Plains, Mo., etc.
It’s a wise idea. It’s the reason why the 1995 peace talks in Dayton, Ohio reached a conclusion to the war in Yugoslavia much more quickly than peace talks that take place in cities like Vienna or Geneva. Bureaucrats are addicted to their chic hotels/restaurants on the government dime.
Breaking up the Mexican Swamp.
An idea worth considering here. How many Deep State Resist bureaucrats will remain in their job if it’s moved to Dubuque, Iowa or Dothan, Alabama?
“...the plan could lead to an exodus of 2.7 million people from the metropolitan area of Mexico City.”
They won’t miss them. It’s been years but last time I was there, there were something like 20 million+ people in MC...with another 4-5 million that drove in to work everyday. It takes hours to drive across the city at rush hour.
Victor Davis Hanson suggested move Agriculture to Fresno. Eliminate it. Interior to Utah. The big ones to deep blue states thereby turning Virginia red.
Agreed. Leave our Senators and Congresscritters in their home states, well away from the Swamp. Leave the agencies around normal people, rather that in an elitist enclave protected from the negative effects of government bloat. I would love to see President Trump put that vision in his agenda for Campaign 2020.
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