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The mexican chamber of deputies passed the budget for 2010 to the senate, because they need more money for next year and they need to improve the economic situation, the solution... Rise of taxes, because in their tiny minds 1% more in VAT, 2% more in ISR, and other special taxes add resources, but they don't undertand how economy works.

We are facing inflation, so our money has less value, the VAT increment means even more inflation (in the form of a tax) and since we are in crisis there will be no salary increment, so less purchase power to the masses, add to that the increment in ISR which is the tax over your income (salary) so you have less money to spend in more expensive items.

So I will have like 15% to 20% less purchasing power, I'm more poor or less rich.

But lets thank them we don't have vat in the food (raw) and medicines...(sarcasm) That doesn't matter since I have 20% less money.

They worried more for that absence of tax in those products than the real problem, we have socialized healthcare, so in theory we don't need the special treatment in tax to medicine, because we should be able to get it for free at our public clinics. But the healthcare politicians spent more money on salaries and bonuses to the worker than in medicines.

If they really want to help the economy and people, we need a general vat of 15% but a lower ISR so we have more money to spend without affecting companies, and here the law of demand and offering starts, if I have more money, I will buy more, in order to satisfy the demand we need to produce more, so we hire more people, and so more consumers.

- En Español -

La cámara de diputados de México aprobó el presupuesto del 2010, un presupuesto que busca solucionar el problema fiscal del gobierno y la situación financiera del país. La solución... Incrementar los impuestos, porque en sus pequeñas mentes que sólo saben sumar, sí cobran 1% extra en Iva, 2% en Isr y otro tanto en impuestos especiales, ganan más dinero, los tontos no saben que así no funciona.

Sí subes el iva bajas el isr, ¿por qué?, porque el iva es un impuesto al consumo, pero no vas a poder consumir lo mismo porque al subir el isr tienes menos dinero para gastar, y las cosas cuestan más, por inflación y por el iva.

Simplemente gracias a estas medidas nosotros (el pueblo) tenemos entre 15% y 20% menos de poder adquisitivo, es decir somos más pobres, o menos ricos.

Pero hay que agradecerles que no pusieron un iva general, incluyendo alimentos y medicinas verdad? (sarcasmo), eso no importa tenemos 15% menos dinero para comida y medicinas, gracias a lo que aprobaron.

Lo mejor sería un iva generalizado, si quieren incluso con el incremento, pero acompañado de una reducción al Isr para que teníamos un aumento de dinero en nuestras manos sin afectar a la industria, así tendríamos mayor poder adquisitivo, y comienza la ley de la oferta y demanda.

Sí tengo más dinero compró más cosas, para satisfacer mi demanda, se necesita producir más, por tanto se contrata más gente, que a su ves al tener chamba gasta más.

Además eso de tener libre de iva medicinas es sólo evidencia de nuestro mal gobierno, tenemos un sistema de salud social, es decir gratuito y proporcionado por el gobierno, así que deberíamos de poder ir a nuestra clínica a recibir gratis las medicinas que necesitamos, pero el sistema de salud gasta más dinero en los políticos y sindicatos que en medicinas.

Sólo hagan cuentas, recibirás mensualmente 2% menos dinero, las cosas costarán 1% más de iva, además de los impuestos especiales, y sí le sumamos una inflación que realmente está por el orden del 15%, y que no nos darán aumentos, por que estamos en crisis.

Llámale a tú diputado, mentale la madre y dile que tome un curso básico de economía.

On monday the canadian government established that starting July 14th all mexicans needed visas to visit Canada, that's their right to do, but just one day notice!

The reason was that many mexicans ask for a refugee status upon arrival in Canada, and most where fraudulent, why? because we are not at war, not a dictatorship, just economic issues, and some clever dude is "helping" some people to move to Canada and having full rights pretending to be refugees.

The Canadian refugee program is the most naive in the world, they accept petitions from any country even those that have "good country" status, like the UK or the USA, it is funny also that they better affect the tourism than solve the real problem, just add mexicans to a list of "not eligible for refugee status" and don't affect the tourism that leaves (only from mexicans) $300 million dollars every year, many of my friends visited Canada because they didn't needed a visa.

But the damage was done, so the canadian government was prepared to the visa process... Sadly no!

The staff at the Canadian embassy is not prepared, they don't have the man power, nor the facilites to provide the required visas, so on tuesday morning thousands of mexicans arrived at the canadian consulates and embassy to ask for the visa, only to find out that the only consulate giving them is located in Mexico city, we are a large country and with many international airports, so if you live in Cancun you have to travel to Mexico city to get a visa, that is $300 us dollars for a plane ticket plus all other expenses or 20 hours of driving plus all expenses, and consider that Canada has a consulate in Cancun.

Also the embassy staff is asking to leave all your documents in original including passport in a box at the entrance of the embassy, they don't give any receipt for the important documents, so if they lost them, you are screwed.

How I would had handle this...

If I were the canadian prime minister I would ask for visa to all the traveler that buy tickets after July 14th, people who already has tickets don't need visas, also I would announce this in off season, not at the start of tourist season, in order to not affect the industry. Plus enableling all canadian consulates to give visas, not just Mexico City's consulate, and with a clearer process, the US has a really good process and handles way more people in a more efficient form.

So Canada, I agree that people were abusing you innocent refugee program, but visas aren't the answer, just a revision of the program and a creation of list of countries that can ask for visas.

I just watch nacho libre on tv, at first I thought I was going to watch another stereotypical film that offends mexicans. I was wrong, it is a funny movie, not oscar worthy, but funny.

The first thing I notice about the film is that it is based in the mexican films of the 60's and early 70's (before ficheras). The story the characters, the settings, everything.

The colors of the film, very colorfull and bright, the location a small town in Oaxaca, that adds a lot to the story.

I think the Nacho character was based mainly in Tintan and as a second influence Capulina, he even looks like him, the scene of Nacho getting into the house of the rich promoter and him singing to Ramses is like seeing Tintan, in any of his movies, also the heroe that everything he does is for the needed is like "La máscara del zorrillo" also Capulina did some movies of him saving the children.

The depiction of the mexican tradition of luchas is very authentic.

Another scene that remind me of Tintan, was the one with Esqueleto and the promoter's daughter is like seeing La Vitola and Tintan.

The conflict of the church traditions with a church member, we saw that in "Sor Yeye"

I'm glad of Jack Black performance, and all the other actors.

I would like to see mexican movies like that being made again, I like many of the films that are made this days in Mexico, but some of that silly easy innocent humor back sure don't hurt, also we most remember that those movies were made in the Golden Era of mexican cinema.

Today Apple release a new iPhone, same looks but a few improvements in hardware and software.

The new version came with 3.2MP the resolution that was the best in 2005 with Sony Ericsson k790 and Nokia N73-N93 the SE the first with xenon flash and the Nokia with optical zoom (N93).

Also the new iPhone now can record video at 640x480 30fps, something the Nokia N93 was a first, the video record of smaller resolutions in mobile phones was a reality back in 2003.

So the iPhone is closer to what the N93, released in 2005, was, but with touch screen, something they did improve, the only thing actually.

Still missing...

-Turn by turn gps software (in the box and not $99 usd I preffer the montlhy fee like in Nokia Maps, because there are month when I don't use the GPS)
-A good camera, at least 5mp
-Multitasking, like all symbian, windows mobile phones can do.
-Flash support in the browser, the apple lovers claim the iPhone has the best browser, how is that if it can't handle flash.
-Multiple browser windows open, or tabs. I think that is part of multitasking.
-To do list or tasks or checklists.
-Office files viewer (at least) editor will be great.
-Java support
-No restrictions in the apps, I want to install all kind of stuff no restricted nor chose by apple, and no I don't want to jailbreak.

With all that, the iPhone will be closer to what a real last gen mobile is. Also a change in design can't hurt. It looks good but is so 2006, you can create a new great looking mobile, like the changes you do with the nano and the shuffle iPods.

So I'm staying with all the other alternatives, with better pricing, apps (90% of iPhone apps are silly games) and no restrictions.

But if you want an iPhone in Mexico are free with a $46 usd plan that has 200 minutes and unlimited data in a two year contract. Or better go with the Nokia 5800 same deal plus one year of free music from the nokia music store.

Aquí encontrán el audio completo del Panel Político que se llevó a cabo el día 4 de junio en el ITESM Campus Querétaro, para que sirva de información y tomen una decisión más razonada.

Este panel es el primer foro donde se encuentran los 7 candidatos a la gobernatura de Querétaro y donde pudieron expresar en mismo espacio y tiempo sus propuestas y bases para que sean elegidos.

Los candidatos presentes fueron:

• Manuel González Valle - PAN
  
• José Carlos Borbolla - PRD
  
• Pedro Pérez Sosa - PSD
  
• Ramón Lorence - Convergencia
  
• Manuel de Anda Garduño - PVEM
  
• Francisco Nuñez Motnes - PT
  
• Pepe Calzada - PRI
  

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