Access to Tenacatita beach reopened
I would say that the free beach would now be accessible because it in the ejito http://www.theguadalajarareporter.com/news/news/pacific-coast/42192-access-reopens-to-disputed-tenacatita-beach
Forum Discussion
Let's get real about Mexico. As much as I love this country, it has its downside just like the U.S. and Canada. Lyndon Johnson enacted his welfare plan in 1962 with one of his first visits to Appalachia. Appalachia is in worse condition today than it was 50 years ago, we are talking 3 million people in that area.
I'm glad we don't have such a refined social network in Mexico, it would turn out the same. There is no country with a social net that has productive people collecting benefits.
OTOH, there are more benefits today than ever before. Again, I don't think visitors realize what is available to Mexicans. This being a forum, my comments like everyone else's are generalization. I can guarantee you, from personal experience with family, friends, students, and our volunteering, many people prefer the informal market because it is work when they want and how they want it. Their contribution is nil but they are first for receiving benefits when possible, this is true with any capitalist country that offers benefits to the "poor". If I were to list all the benefits that are now being claimed by Mexicans most people wouldn't believe it or understand what they are.
As those who have visited us here in Santiago can attest to, we have a tourist area here by the lake. Vendors rent stalls starting at 500 dollars U.S. per month, yet they only work on weekends. Why, because the money is so good selling trinkets that they import from Guadalajara that they don't need to work during the week. I know first hand as these are my neighbors. Informal, not interesting in borrowing money to grow their business, don't want to pay taxes, and as they say, "no me gusta cuando la gente me manda". (I don't have a real job because I don't like people to tell me what to do).
How about this, those of you who live in Canada and the U.S. along pristine beaches, lets allow unlicensed vendors with rickety carts, wheel barrels, no sanitation, and leave all over come to your country and walk up and down your beaches? Sound like a deal! I didn't think so.
So now, even though we know this will take another 25 years, education and jobs are the goal. Jobs don't pay much in an economy where few people "want" to go to school. Mexico is still a relatively easy place to live outside the rules. Again, this is JMHO.
I'm glad we don't have such a refined social network in Mexico, it would turn out the same. There is no country with a social net that has productive people collecting benefits.
OTOH, there are more benefits today than ever before. Again, I don't think visitors realize what is available to Mexicans. This being a forum, my comments like everyone else's are generalization. I can guarantee you, from personal experience with family, friends, students, and our volunteering, many people prefer the informal market because it is work when they want and how they want it. Their contribution is nil but they are first for receiving benefits when possible, this is true with any capitalist country that offers benefits to the "poor". If I were to list all the benefits that are now being claimed by Mexicans most people wouldn't believe it or understand what they are.
As those who have visited us here in Santiago can attest to, we have a tourist area here by the lake. Vendors rent stalls starting at 500 dollars U.S. per month, yet they only work on weekends. Why, because the money is so good selling trinkets that they import from Guadalajara that they don't need to work during the week. I know first hand as these are my neighbors. Informal, not interesting in borrowing money to grow their business, don't want to pay taxes, and as they say, "no me gusta cuando la gente me manda". (I don't have a real job because I don't like people to tell me what to do).
How about this, those of you who live in Canada and the U.S. along pristine beaches, lets allow unlicensed vendors with rickety carts, wheel barrels, no sanitation, and leave all over come to your country and walk up and down your beaches? Sound like a deal! I didn't think so.
So now, even though we know this will take another 25 years, education and jobs are the goal. Jobs don't pay much in an economy where few people "want" to go to school. Mexico is still a relatively easy place to live outside the rules. Again, this is JMHO.
