One of Walmart's co-owners in Mexico has launched a campaign on behalf of Felipe Calderon, an UltraConservative candidate for the presidency. The protagonist, Manuel Arango Arias, seeks to convince his employees to support Calderon.
Felipe Calderon, like George Bush, makes repeated references to Scripture during his speeches, and has come out against the morning-after pill. When confronted by the fact that scientists have stated that the morning-after pill is not an abortion pill, Calderon has stated that he doesn't believe them.
Felipe Calderon is also a huge proponent of the flat tax, which will result in tax cut for his wealthy friends. Please keep in mind that there is no capital gains tax in Mexico, nor is there an estate tax. The federal government collects about 11% of GDP in taxes, and Calderon hopes to decrease that even more.
The current front-runner in the campaign, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, believes in a progressive tax code, and counts many Democrats among his friends. Antonio Villaraigosa invited AMLO to the September 16 Mexican Independence Day festivities in LA, and Governor Dean held a press conference in AMLO's campaign headquarters in Mexico City last year.
We must inform everyone how Walmart, not content with funneling 90% of its contributions in the US to the Republican Party, is now taking an active part againt the center-left candidate in Mexico, by helping the RightWing Felipe Calderon.
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Aspirantes 2006
Lanza codueño de Wal Mart carta-cadena pro Calderón
Miércoles, 19 de Abril de 2006, 8h29
Fuente: InfoSel Financiero
MEXICO, Abril. 19. - Mediante cartas enviadas desde marzo pasado, uno de los más connotados empresarios de México, Manuel Arango Arias, comenzó una campaña entre sus amigos, que busca convencer a sus allegados de votar a favor de Felipe Calderón Hinojosa, candidato presidencial del PAN.
De acuerdo con información de La Jornada, el copropietario de los supermercados Wal Mart, Superama y Aurrerá, y de los restaurantes Vips, en una carta-cadena dirigida a José Madariaga Lomelín, el empresario le manifiesta que Calderón Hinojosa "garantizará que no se altere el respeto institucional".
La carta enviada a quien es investigado en España por lavado de dinero en la operación de compraventa del Multibanco Mercantil Probursa por el Banco Bilbao Vizcaya, subraya que el blanquiazul es "un hombre recto y tolerante que, aunque tiene sus propias convicciones, no dejará que éstas alteren su respeto institucional y estricto apego al estado de derecho, condiciones sin las cuales todo progreso será endeble y de crisis recurrentes".
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