Prepare Yourself For 16% Tax Added Onto Food And Medicine
The PRI got their way, and IVA the 16% National Sales Tax has been added to FOOD and MEDICINE. I have already noticed some price increases in other industries (mostly tourist oriented).
Forum Discussion
MexicoWanderer, I don't think you get it. It doesn't matter any more where you live. The results are the same. What is the difference between a near global financial crippling caused by a two-party system in a country who cares little about healthcare and creates an on line nightmare with a three-tier healthcare system touted to protect the poor versus any other country like Mexico and its healthcare system. Your stories are exagarated and leave people here on rv net who have no idea of what Mexican healthcare is all about with stories they will pass on around the campfire and take as fact. Sure you can't leave a hospital without paying,why should you? If you don't work in the formal market, don't have coverage, someone has to pay. I pay my Mexican taxes every month. That's why I don't live in the U.S., too many parasites. That's what has cripped and destroyed the healthcare system in the U.S. And believe me, I am not a wealthy person, earning a teacher's wage in Mexico and you know what that is.
They are both corrupt and we are all on our own. Neither system works, neither system is fair. When it comes to money it never will be. We make do with what we have.
I'm not sure what you mean about "loading the dice". This forum is not a competition in "one-upsmanship" it is an internet forum where we share opinions and we all have one. I get slaughtered here because people want to believe what they read here and some have agendas against Mexico because it's not what it used to be, good and bad. I have shared my views and my opinions just like everyone else. They may not be what the majority wants to believe. Being a voting citizen of a country doesn't strengthen your opinion. I suffer all the same things you do as a permanent resident. I don't know if you work and pay taxes but I have paid taxes here since 1985 and receive little if nothing from it just like I did in the U.S.
All I want is the truth to be known, not be exceptional stories. The overall system for the amount that we pay, we receive a fair return. Corruption is rampant and that includes all the American countries. I think the world has seen a display of that corruption over the last month. And guess what? Nobody seems to care because nobody has done anything about it. Get my point?
They are both corrupt and we are all on our own. Neither system works, neither system is fair. When it comes to money it never will be. We make do with what we have.
I'm not sure what you mean about "loading the dice". This forum is not a competition in "one-upsmanship" it is an internet forum where we share opinions and we all have one. I get slaughtered here because people want to believe what they read here and some have agendas against Mexico because it's not what it used to be, good and bad. I have shared my views and my opinions just like everyone else. They may not be what the majority wants to believe. Being a voting citizen of a country doesn't strengthen your opinion. I suffer all the same things you do as a permanent resident. I don't know if you work and pay taxes but I have paid taxes here since 1985 and receive little if nothing from it just like I did in the U.S.
All I want is the truth to be known, not be exceptional stories. The overall system for the amount that we pay, we receive a fair return. Corruption is rampant and that includes all the American countries. I think the world has seen a display of that corruption over the last month. And guess what? Nobody seems to care because nobody has done anything about it. Get my point?
