Effect on locals

Excuse me, but it's NOT 25 cents or whatever to us Mexican residents. It's the difference in whether we can afford to have fresh tortillas or not, whether we give our children milk or water, whether we have fresh fruit or not. The increment is unjustified, and as you pointed out there are too many taxi drivers and not enough customers, and THAT is the fault of the state government for issuing too many permits to curry favors at election times, just like the eventual approval of this rate hike will be. It's not on us citizens to make an oversaturated industry cost viable for its excessive number of employees. In a true market economy they should have to either find a different line of work or move on to somewhere where the market isn't oversaturated. The great majority of my fellow Mexican citizens are against permitting this rate hike unless the owners of the micros, Urvans and taxis upgrade all their vehicles as well. For those of us scrounging out a living here where more and more people are competing for fewer and fewer jobs, 10 additional pesos a day for transportation is a big deal. I hope you can appreciate that. This isn't about what foreigners can afford. You folks are a drop in the bucket among the local population, and I'm surprised I should have to point that out to you, old timer that you are.