It's Just Craziness In Mexico

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A lot of information to share.  Supposedly, Mexico is in the peak of the Covid-19 and we are hoping for a flattening of the curve in the next two weeks.  Today we went to Costco to buy vitamins and the famous Costco chicken.  They put plywood around the columns outside the store so no one can sit there or loiter.  As you enter, they spray down a cart for you on the spot.  Inside the door, there are additional wipes for the cart as well as hand sanitizer.  People seem to keep their distance but there is an eery silence as you shop.  Checkout, as you can tell by the picture has plastic shields that are a meter high and cover the length of the checkout and of course the standard spots on the floor for distancing.  There is a slot in the plastic wall outlined in yellow so you can insert your card.  

As for craziness, Presidente Dingus now wants to eliminate Article 16, the right to privacy in your home, and your belongings.  He feels that one pair of good shoes is enough and we don't need luxury items.  He wants to allow INEGI, our Mexican census, to visit homes at random, enter the premises and do an audit of luxury items we have in our homes and also check our bank accounts.  Hugo Chavez did the same thing.

Proposal To Allow Stats Agency To Measure Everyone’s Wealth Meets Resistance

Old story but worth repeating.  I have a Venezuelan friend whose family lives in Caracas, Venezuela.  The family has an apartment in the city and has passed it down from the parents to the children.  A brother lives there.  They also "had" a piece of land, about the size of our lot that our house sits on.  It had chainlink fencing and a small homemade palapa.  One day, a census taker knocked on the door and asked if they owned that land.  The census taker said, "well according to those that live around there, you don't use it.  So now it belongs to the nation".  End of story.  No going back.

My advice to anyone thinking about moving to Mexico and living as an ex-pat now is not the time unless your investment is little to none.  Moving all of your household goods, buying property for me would be out of the question.  I imagine that soon, all ATM withdrawals such as Social Securitywill have an added tax and that would affect ex-pats living in Mexico on a budget.

As I have said before, our Senate is controlled by the president's party and they are on their knees worshipping him.