Posts Tagged ‘Mexico’Middle class rises in Mexico — declines in U.S.Tuesday, June 18th, 2013 June 19, 2013 By John Seiler As I have noted, in the United States, there has been no "economic recovery," and the American middle class is shrinking. But Mexico is booming, with a growing middle class. The latest from ABC News/Univision: "A new study on Mexico helps to explain the recent... Fracking watch: Britain figures out what CA hasn’tThursday, May 9th, 2013 May 9, 2013 By Chris Reed The 13th chapter of fracking watch will be the last installment for a while until some more nations around the world take up the issue of whether hydraulic fracturing is a bad or good thing. For this installment -- instead of focusing on a government that has figured ... Fracking watch: Indonesia figures out what CA hasn’tWednesday, May 8th, 2013 May 8, 2013 By Chris Reed Nations that are energy giants without being particularly affluent are the least likely places for environmental alarmism to drive public policy. They're used to aggressively developing natural resources, and they don't have the large cadres of affluent urban elites f... Fracking watch: Algeria figures out what CA hasn’tTuesday, May 7th, 2013 May 7, 2013 By Chris Reed Hydraulic fracturing -- the use of underground water cannons to blast open access to energy reserves -- has been around since the 1940s in the United States and Canada and for nearly as long in Russia. In no country anywhere in the world did enviros depict fracking as... Fracking watch: Poland figures out what CA hasn’tMonday, May 6th, 2013 May 6, 2013 By Chris Reed Last week, the state Legislature took a first step toward blocking fracking in California. An Assembly committee passed three anti-fracking measuers. The first coverage of the Assembly votes by the Ventura County Star did not note that the Obama administration's fir... Fracking watch: Mexico figures out what CA hasn’tSaturday, May 4th, 2013 May 4, 2013 By Chris Reed In much of Europe and in California, greens wield such power in politics and the media that the debate over whether a nation or state should pursue hydraulic fracturing of energy reserves seems like a fight over a new and unproven process. But in the rest of the world... Latinos eliminate taxes — in Puerto RicoWednesday, March 13th, 2013 March 13, 2013 By John Seiler The impression seems to be that Latinos want more government, and in particular more taxes. Not the case. According to the 2013 Index of Economic Freedom, Chile actually has more economic freedom than the United States. Chile also is moving toward more freedom,... Californians fleeing to MexicoFriday, November 30th, 2012Nov. 30, 2012 By Chriss Street On Tuesday, President Obama met with the newly elected president of Mexico, Enrique Pena Nieto. While the press focused on the Administration’s talking points for discussions on a wide range of issues from energy to climate change, the real concern is that t... Mexico dissolves its FBI and moves to legalize drugsTuesday, July 31st, 2012 July 31, 2012 By Chriss Street In a stunning development, President-elect Enrique Pena and his Institutional Revolutionary Party, who won control of Mexico’s government on July 1, moved to dissolve the Agencia Federal de Investigación. Modeled after the United States' FBI, the AFI was fo... Washington misreads California — againThursday, June 21st, 2012June 21, 2012 By John Seiler If you've ever lived in Washington, D.C., as I did in 1977 and from 1982 to 1987, you know the place lives under a bubble. They have no idea what's going on in the rest of the country. But they tell us what to do. That's sure the case with E.J. Dionne, the Washi... |