The federal government runs the hospitals that care for them. Those who are not covered go to a general hospital. They still are taken care of, but not as well as those who have seguro social . Another program provides housing and some help with college, Magda said. Most of Mexico is socialized, it seems.
Highways are federal, and the feds own the service stations, too.
Cities probably provide water, Magda said, and in a poor area like Sahuayo, where we were, you can't expect good service. Water pressure was so low in the houses we visited that you couldn't flush the commode. Oh yes, and government electricity. Our own government is getting so big we can hardly breathe without bumping into some regulation. Peggy McCracken is an Enterprise writer and editor whose column appears each Tuesday.