David Frum

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David Frum @davidfrum

That $1 billion per year buys Mexico honest elections after two centuries of authoritarianism punctuated by massive violence. Meanwhile, Lopez Obrador's whimsical decision to cancel a half-built new airport for Mexico City and replace it with an remote useless alternative PS11/x — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 23, 2023

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David Frum @davidfrum

The total budget for the INE, including operating the national ID system, including funding the parties, including monitoring broadcast media for illegal party messaging, including staffing and overseeing 900+ polling places adds up to about $1 billion US per year. PS10/x — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 23, 2023

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that whimsical airport decision cost Mexico maybe $20 billion US. (Rebuilding NY's LaGuardia from top to bottom cost $8 billion US). Lopez Obrador's culturally and environmentally catastrophic Yucatan train will cost nearly as much as his airport fiasco. PS 12/x — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 23, 2023