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Morena members are bad at math

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17/12/2018 |10:42
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Morena members are bad at math

We've been reminded that on November 23, Ricardo Monreal, Morena , said that Congress and Senate 's budget would decrease 25%, compared to previous legislatures. Nevertheless, after making calculations, they only achieve a 16% cut. They explain that Morena will have to fulfill their promises since the 25% cut was announced all over the place and backing down would have a great cost for the legislators , as they have been clashing with the Judicial branch . Everything indicates that the legislators will have to apply more austerity measures, at least in San Lázaro , because the deputies left their salary and Christmas bonus untouched.

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President Andrés Manuel López Obrador

decided to start his plan to pave the highways in Oaxaca 's mountain range. We've been told that the President will spend the week in Oaxaca and that he's already agreed to give this state more resources . By the way, López Obrado r was accompanied by two businesspeople, Miguel Alemán Magnani , and Daniel Chávez .

Merry Christmas to be bureaucrats

During this Christmas season , millions of state workers will have something to celebrate. We've been told that as part of the agreements reached with the previous administration, the workers who are part of the Union Federation of State Workers (FSTSE) will receive a New Years bonus, under the title of an “end of the year economic stimulus ” for MXN $12,000 in food vouchers , a bonus of MXN $3,000, and their Christmas bonus . These three concepts are exempt from any tax . They explain that this type of benefits could disappear next year as part of the austerity policy, but for now: Merry Christmas to state workers!

The public servant Obama did have

The Electoral Tribunal had an honorable guest. We've been told that Beth Noveck, who was the one in charge of the Open Government during Barack Obama 's presidency, visited the tribunal. We've been told that Noveck was greatly impressed with the efforts made by the magistrates, as well as by several projects they showed her. Jokingly, we've been told that Obama did have those public servants.

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