There are now equal Steve. Like I said I recall as a little girl the first time I witnessed by off a ticket. My family and I went to Mexico City by car to visit my father’s family there. As we enter the city, my father got stopped by a Mexico Motorcycle Cop. I remember sitting in the back seat, I don’t recall the conversation my father had with him, but I do recall my father handing him money and off we went. As time went by, my father would talk about how corrupt Mexico is. My father knew because he knew the Who Whose of Mexico. You see my grandfather was a childhood friend of man who became Mexico’s President. They remain friends and so did my father. My father was offered jobs in the Mexican Government. My father refused all of them. He would have lived a comfortable lifestyle in Mexico but he refused. Having issues with his Stepfather and just to get away from it all, he came to the US. My father rather work out in the fields than be surrounded by corruption, which he actually did. He picked veggies in California, Montana, etc. where there were farms. He struggled but he had his integrity and that was the most important. Then sometime back in the early 70’s, we attended a Cinco de Mayo parade near our town. We went as we stood on the sideline, here comes a car. The car stopped in the middle of the parade and out came a man who walked up to my father and hugged him. I then realize he was the former President of Mexico. Everyone was stunned to know my father knew him. He requested for us to join him in the car ( as a kid I thought that was cool, looking back I know why) - my father refused. Like I said my father knew the Warren Buffets, and the Bill Gates of Mexico but he never wanted to do business with them. Also I learned later in life after father passed, was that he was offered a job in Mexico (no needed to apply lol). They wanted him like the head Alcohol and Tabacco and Firearm. They already had his badge and gun ready. Guess what, my father turned it down. Yet he was able to get his stepbrother a job as a secret service agent protecting the president until my uncle got caught lol.
So my belief is yes that the Mexican Government and Obama are equally corrupt. Yet here at least we can fight back. The Mexican people are not allowed to be armed. That is why we are a blessing.
Your father sounds like an honorable noble man.