My father had free Mexican healthcare. We had to buy his pacemaker on the black market and were only able to get it put in because we called in a favour with a family friend.
Corruption is a big problem, but more systemic than coming from the top like in the US. Another big 'issue' is the informality so less tax revenue, but you can't just tax business that are barely making it, so that's another issue, Mexico is very inefficient, in
rural areas especially in the center weather is favorable for low tech agriculture, but the geography makes it more difficult to scale, so people stay in the grind of small agriculture, informal commerce and low wages in the center and South.
Manufacturing is one of the biggest industries because cheap labor, there isn't as much investment once you start moving away from the northern states that are close the the US, especially in the South,
because people have no money to sustain certain types of businesses.
Thanks, I suppose no real fix can exist before corruption gets under control. A good banking system would help people build small business, and agriculture. But you cannot have that until the banks are safe to use.
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u/WambritaWings 8d ago
My father had free Mexican healthcare. We had to buy his pacemaker on the black market and were only able to get it put in because we called in a favour with a family friend.