Milei Is Absolutely Killing It in Argentina
PJ Media,
by
Stephen Green
Original Article
Posted By: Dreadnought,
5/9/2024 10:41:16 AM
President Javier Milei entered office like Jack Nicholson breaking his way into the bathroom in "The Shining" — with an axe. Armed with emergency powers granted by the Argentine Congress, he balanced the country's out-of-control budget in one month, fired government workers by the thousands, eliminated more than 200,000 "corrupt" social welfare programs, and even cozied up to NATO.
“There’s a lot more chainsaw" to come, Milei promised in March, and I momentarily almost became gay.
The usual fearmongers mongered the usual fears.
A few weeks ago, the New York Times ran an opinion piece — complete with a demonic-looking, high-contrast black-and-white photo of
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
MickTurn 5/9/2024 11:32:45 AM (No. 1714897)
This News Just in. The New Jerk Slimes is run by nothing but Karen's and Daren's. They are hateful and Nasty...in case you didn't know!
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Highlander 5/9/2024 11:35:38 AM (No. 1714901)
That is really impressive, if you consider the political climate in Argentina more hostile and unwieldy than here in the States. We tend to think of South American countries as overwhelmingly leftist throughout. Bosonario had to leave Brazil for his own safety when he lost his reelection bid against a crooked opponent of the left. I hope Melei doesn’t experience that same kind of problem.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Krause 5/9/2024 1:05:54 PM (No. 1714990)
Inflation way down, budget surplus, Interest rates down, our lefties would like that either!
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
DVC 5/9/2024 1:18:46 PM (No. 1714999)
Free market economics with no government intrusion has been the greatest force for human advancement in all of history.
So, naturally, most "leaders" want to destroy it - to cause misery and poverty, the guaranteed, and CERTAIN outcome of any and all "government planning" economic systems, Communism, Socialism, Mercantilism, or whatever other BS-ism is the latest thuggish, thieving "new thing".
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
mifla 5/10/2024 4:15:04 AM (No. 1715334)
FTA: "...fired government workers by the thousands....". I will never get tired of reading that.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
petrichor 5/10/2024 6:46:13 AM (No. 1715375)
Sounds like a "get 'er done" kind of guy. That's the only way to save a country when things get out of hand. That could not happen in the U.S. There are far too many who like things "out of hand".
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Rinktum 5/10/2024 7:07:01 AM (No. 1715385)
#4, You are correct. Freedom, free markets, and less government is a recipe for success that has served us well until the communists infiltrated every spect of our lives. We cannot allow these anti-American zealots to destroy us. The country is more than worth fighting for. Why should we give up our birthright to these power mad thugs?
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 5/10/2024 8:38:02 AM (No. 1715442)
FTA - "Can Milei last? More importantly, will his reforms continue? There's just no way to know. This is Argentina, after all, and political stability has never been the country's strong suit. Voters might look at a successful period of free-market reforms and decide that the next election would be the perfect time to finally go Full Soviet."
Time will tell if the Argentine people smell the coffee now and realize the jig is up. Easy money and goodies from their government will be a thing of the past. But I dunno. Once a population experiences the reforms and is broke with no food, no jobs, and no place to live, desperate people tend to do desperate things - steal, riot, and violence.
Can you imagine what would happen if such reforms were attempted here? We just may find out because there is no other choice.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Msquared112 5/10/2024 8:55:54 AM (No. 1715448)
He's a Trump and the commies in the US gov't know it, which is why they are trying so hard to kill Trump's chances, if not him. I see hope here if Trump watches his own back. America has had it with the entire Leftist scenario, from open borders to DEI to energy-dependence to inflation. We're done.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Zigrid 5/10/2024 10:48:09 AM (No. 1715571)
Sounds like he's on the right path.....
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
RayLRiv 5/10/2024 11:55:37 AM (No. 1715629)
If things fall apart here I can always consider Argentina (if it keeps getting better and it stabilizes like it was at the turn of the 20th century.) And I can speak the language.
I hope I live long enough to see these results here in the States though
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