Jamalisms Posted June 10, 2024 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2024 BBC assesses the first 6 months. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm55yv0g0veo ChemEngr79, and begooode 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chef Posted June 13, 2024 Report Share Posted June 13, 2024 https://www.reuters.com/markets/argentine-monthly-inflation-set-fall-below-5-lowest-since-2022-2024-06-11/ Justafan 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
begooode Posted June 20, 2024 Report Share Posted June 20, 2024 Argentina continues its dramatic fiscal rebound under Milei albeit amidst an challenging time domestically. No sugarcoating the pivot to austerity is painful socially, and most knew that would be the case. I hope the trend is sustainable and Milei successfully rights the ship while not becoming consumed with the trappings of the presidency. https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/argentina-posts-largest-monthly-primary-surplus-yet-under-milei-2024-06-18 Justafan 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishTitansFan Posted June 21, 2024 Report Share Posted June 21, 2024 Focusing on exports is a good idea by Milei's government and what they should do Justafan 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishTitansFan Posted June 21, 2024 Report Share Posted June 21, 2024 11 hours ago, begooode said: Argentina continues its dramatic fiscal rebound under Milei albeit amidst an challenging time domestically. No sugarcoating the pivot to austerity is painful socially, and most knew that would be the case. I hope the trend is sustainable and Milei successfully rights the ship while not becoming consumed with the trappings of the presidency. https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/argentina-posts-largest-monthly-primary-surplus-yet-under-milei-2024-06-18 Honestly, those numbers mean nothing to me. Any idiot on the planet could do it. That's not me being facetious either, literally anyone could have done that Of course, what will make or break Milei is how the country looks in 4 years. There are these nice charts, but it came by significantly impacting education, transport, jobs and the poorest in society. Spending is way down and might be tough to recover Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamalisms Posted June 21, 2024 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2024 10 hours ago, IrishTitansFan said: Of course, what will make or break Milei is how the country looks in 4 years. There are these nice charts, but it came by significantly impacting education, transport, jobs and the poorest in society. Spending is way down and might be tough to recover Yes, it's a significant choice to make and one that works against a lot of modern ideas of what civilization and humanity look like. But there are no easy answers for the hole they're in. Setting aside any others issues ... you could view this as biting the bullet by sacrificing a generation and that sounds bad but ... it still might be the right choice, or at least a reasoned / reasonable choice (even if I don't think I would make the choice). -- In other news, Milei's choice for Supreme Court is admittedly somewhat troubling. https://apnews.com/article/argentina-supreme-court-appointment-president-corruption-920b3ff0a501e7072ef00f17c95e24f3 BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Campaigning last year as a libertarian outsider, Javier Milei electrified rallies with his vows to destroy Argentina’s corrupt political elite. But the eccentric economist-turned-president now faces accusations of hypocrisy over his Supreme Court nomination. What makes his choice of Ariel Lijo, 55, so extraordinary is not just the judge’s lack of appellate experience or scant scholarly publications, but that he has been accused of conspiracy, money laundering and illicit enrichment, and has come under scrutiny for more ethics violations than almost any other judge in his court’s history. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamalisms Posted July 6, 2024 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2024 Argentina once led on LGBTQ rights. After 4 lesbians are set on fire, critics blame rising intolerance on Milei’s government https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/07/06/americas/argentina-lgbtq-milei-fire-deaths-intl-latam Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamalisms Posted July 31, 2024 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2024 Nothing like a bit of big brother and dash of Minority Report to make you feel good about a government. Javier Milei’s government will monitor social media with AI to ‘predict future crimes’ https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-07-30/javier-mileis-government-will-monitor-social-media-with-ai-to-predict-future-crimes.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsntLifeFunny Posted July 31, 2024 Report Share Posted July 31, 2024 26 minutes ago, Jamalisms said: Nothing like a bit of big brother and dash of Minority Report to make you feel good about a government. Javier Milei’s government will monitor social media with AI to ‘predict future crimes’ https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-07-30/javier-mileis-government-will-monitor-social-media-with-ai-to-predict-future-crimes.html To be fair the US implements a lot of this technology right now. Then again the people running the show don't self proclaim as government hating Libertarians. IrishTitansFan 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishTitansFan Posted August 1, 2024 Report Share Posted August 1, 2024 12 hours ago, Jamalisms said: Nothing like a bit of big brother and dash of Minority Report to make you feel good about a government. Javier Milei’s government will monitor social media with AI to ‘predict future crimes’ https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-07-30/javier-mileis-government-will-monitor-social-media-with-ai-to-predict-future-crimes.html Shutting down peaceful protests, firing people for speaking their mind, monitoring civilians Typical libertarian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justafan Posted December 18, 2024 Report Share Posted December 18, 2024 https://x.com/johnstossel/status/1869433973123785195?s=46&t=vidIJXspXo7CZ7uZPJ0nqA Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamalisms Posted December 18, 2024 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2024 11 minutes ago, Justafan said: https://x.com/johnstossel/status/1869433973123785195?s=46&t=vidIJXspXo7CZ7uZPJ0nqA Viewed through a monetary lens, the math is good. Of course, the human impact is significant, suffering is severe in many cases and those who benefit are a limited class of the population. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/18/argentina-javier-milei-chainsaw-measures On Monday, the national statistics agency announced that Argentina had exited a severe recession, with GDP growing 3.9% from July to September compared with the previous quarter. But Milei’s severe spending cuts have hit the poor hard. Statistics show that for the first half of this year, almost 53% of Argentina’s 45 million people were living in poverty – a two-decade high – up from 41.7% in the second half of 2023. Some 18% of people were living in extreme poverty, while more than six out of 10 of under-14s lived below the poverty line. IsntLifeFunny, Titandan, OILERMAN, and 1 other 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justafan Posted December 18, 2024 Report Share Posted December 18, 2024 1 minute ago, Jamalisms said: Viewed through a monetary lens, the math is good. Of course, the human impact is significant. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/18/argentina-javier-milei-chainsaw-measures In the long run, the significant human impact will be overwhelmingly positive if the math remains good. People come to the west because it’s prosperous. If Argentina can become prosperous, the other stuff always gets better too. Titandan, and Little Earl 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamalisms Posted December 18, 2024 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2024 Just now, Justafan said: In the long run, the significant human impact will be overwhelmingly positive if the math remains good. People come to the west because it’s prosperous. If Argentina can become prosperous, the other stuff always gets better too. Callous at best but a glorious future is often argued by those who will not suffer to become the sacrifice made to bring it into reality. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justafan Posted December 18, 2024 Report Share Posted December 18, 2024 Just now, Jamalisms said: Callous at best but a glorious future is often argued by those who will not suffer to become the sacrifice made to bring it into reality. If Argentina had continued its decent, there would be no future for their children or grandchildren either. That’s not callous, that’s compassion. Titandan, and Little Earl 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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