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DuckTape said:
Although probably not a popular idea, they can instantly improve their economy by doing one simple thing: allow Chinese made products to enter their border.

In grad school, was cursed out in Spanish by a high level Argentinian official who was touting Argentina's open trade policy when I asked why they didn't allow Chinese goods.
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If they manage to not be owned by China, that'd be worth it.
 
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — The administration of Argentina’s new President Javier Milei said on Tuesday that his government won’t renew contracts for more than 5,000 employees hired this year before he took office.

The move was part of a sweeping plan of cutbacks and devaluations announced by the right-wing libertarian since he took office on Dec. 10 to transform Argentina’s struggling economy.

The contracts for other government employees, who were hired prior to 2023, will be reviewed, authorities said. The 2023 cutoff is apparently meant to target the practice of outgoing presidents padding the payrolls in their final year."

www.politico.com

Argentina’s new president lays off 5,000 government employees

Javier Milei has vowed to drastically cut the size of the South American nation's government.
www.politico.com www.politico.com
 
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Yota Up said:
That is actually pretty genius.

Kids grow up for 18 years hearing the word "free healthcare" or other "free" stuff, turn adult and vote for "free" things.
Now, they will only hear about "tax payer funded" things and will think a bit more on it before voting for programs that drain their taxes.
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Meh, CA did a similar thing years back by requiring everything be labeled as "tax" instead of fee in an attempt to make it more arduous to charge and increase things.

Didn't impact anything and growth of taxes/fees continued as planned.

Make the government call it "funded" instead of free and people will still say "yeah, but it is fully funded!" With zero behavior influence
 
ThePanzerFuhrer said:
Can we get him to immigrate here. It’s stupid our elected leaders cannot think like this.

I’m interested in see how this all plays out down there. It will definitely shake the world up if his policies turn that country around.
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They need it.
I spent a couple of years down there in the mid 2000s and they need all the help they can get.

It's a shame, they have lots of resources (good growing climate for livestock/grain, lots of flat/clear land, some mines (looks like aluminum, lead, copper, zinc, silver, gold, lithium and boron), but epic graft and mismanagement from the government.

As an example, when I was down there you were supposed to get your Documento Nationale de Identidad if you stay there for more than 6 months, when I went to get mine we brought a dozen pastries (they call them Facturas) for the clerk at our appointment and everything went smoothly, we were in and out in an hour. I was told that if we hadn't brought them, we would have been there all day (despite having an appointment).

We received letters and packages for about 180 people (about 70% from the US and Canada, so we would go to the post office weekly and usually we got 2-3 big sacks of packages. We always brought 2 dozen facturas and they charged 300 pesos (about $100US at the time) in "import/duty fees" every week (note, that went into the pocket of the supervisor, not the cash drawer:grinpimp:).
One day we were late for our appointment at the post office, so we didn't stop to get facturas.
The lady started opening packages to verify that the customs declaration was correct, got up to 900 pesos in fees and said "Chicos, are you sure you don't want to run down and get facturas?" We took the hint, went, bought the usual 2 dozen facturas (10-15 pesos?), came back, paid 300 pesos in fees and off we went.

Aaron Z
 
aczlan said:
They need it.
I spent a couple of years down there in the mid 2000s and they need all the help they can get.

It's a shame, they have lots of resources (good growing climate for livestock/grain, lots of flat/clear land, some mines (looks like aluminum, lead, copper, zinc, silver, gold, lithium and boron), but epic graft and mismanagement from the government.

As an example, when I was down there you were supposed to get your Documento Nationale de Identidad if you stay there for more than 6 months, when I went to get mine we brought a dozen pastries (they call them Facturas) for the clerk at our appointment and everything went smoothly, we were in and out in an hour. I was told that if we hadn't brought them, we would have been there all day (despite having an appointment).

We received letters and packages for about 180 people (about 70% from the US and Canada, so we would go to the post office weekly and usually we got 2-3 big sacks of packages. We always brought 2 dozen facturas and they charged 300 pesos (about $100US at the time) in "import/duty fees" every week (note, that went into the pocket of the supervisor, not the cash drawer:grinpimp:).
One day we were late for our appointment at the post office, so we didn't stop to get facturas.
The lady started opening packages to verify that the customs declaration was correct, got up to 900 pesos in fees and said "Chicos, are you sure you don't want to run down and get facturas?" We took the hint, went, bought the usual 2 dozen facturas (10-15 pesos?), came back, paid 300 pesos in fees and off we went.

Aaron Z
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I'm pissed that the crumbling in the US is at this weird point where the over bearing system of regulations hasn't quite failed yet. I'd kill to slip $300 in page 300 of the local building code book and walk out with a permit instead of the fucking runaround
 
Projectjunkie said:
I'm pissed that the crumbling in the US is at this weird point where the over bearing system of regulations hasn't quite failed yet. I'd kill to slip $300 in page 300 of the local building code book and walk out with a permit instead of the fucking runaround
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This. So much this.

The worthless filth who deserve bullets and a community hole in the ground always shit on India, Argentina, etc, whatever because the corruption is accessible to every-man. You've got reasonable shit going on and you just pay off the police rather than buying registration, pay off the inspector rather than conforming to code, etc. etc. And they hate that because it means people aren't subject to centralized authority in practice.
 
arse_sidewards said:
This. So much this.

The worthless filth who deserve bullets and a community hole in the ground always shit on India, Argentina, etc, whatever because the corruption is accessible to every-man. You've got reasonable shit going on and you just pay off the police rather than buying registration, pay off the inspector rather than conforming to code, etc. etc. And they hate that because it means people aren't subject to centralized authority in practice.
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Right? Even at the local level, do you think that a mayor actually gets his car inspected? No, he just gets a sticker. Think that he sits for an hour or more at the DMV? Nah, they just take care of him. That should be available to all of us.
 
rugger said:
Right? Even at the local level, do you think that a mayor actually gets his car inspected? No, he just gets a sticker. Think that he sits for an hour or more at the DMV? Nah, they just take care of him. That should be available to all of us.
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There was an off the books DMV office in the MA statehouse that the legislature and their buddies would use. No waits. If you dropped shit off they'd move heaven and earth to "make it work" with what you left them.

Fucking disgusting that we can't get that. People have died over less.
 
ThePanzerFuhrer said:
I’m interested in see how this all plays out down there. It will definitely shake the world up if his policies turn that country around.
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This! If he is successful, it will really be a thorn in the side of socialists/communists. If we have another sham election, I would be looking in to moving there. The language thing is a PITA, but I guess I could learn. I’m hoping I would be rich down there.
 
arse_sidewards said:
This. So much this.

The worthless filth who deserve bullets and a community hole in the ground always shit on India, Argentina, etc, whatever because the corruption is accessible to every-man. You've got reasonable shit going on and you just pay off the police rather than buying registration, pay off the inspector rather than conforming to code, etc. etc. And they hate that because it means people aren't subject to centralized authority in practice.
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On the downside, when the cops feel like a "fundraiser" they will stop traffic on a busy road and do "inspections" to give "tickets" that are due on the spot (cash only please).

Aaron Z
 
aczlan said:
On the downside, when the cops feel like a "fundraiser" they will stop traffic on a busy road and do "inspections" to give "tickets" that are due on the spot (cash only please).

Aaron Z
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This is what they already do on a jurisdiction by jurisdiction basis.
 
arse_sidewards said:
This. So much this.

The worthless filth who deserve bullets and a community hole in the ground always shit on India, Argentina, etc, whatever because the corruption is accessible to every-man. You've got reasonable shit going on and you just pay off the police rather than buying registration, pay off the inspector rather than conforming to code, etc. etc. And they hate that because it means people aren't subject to centralized authority in practice.
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as an african friend puts it
"they pretend to have power and we pretend to listen"
 
Projectjunkie said:
I'm pissed that the crumbling in the US is at this weird point where the over bearing system of regulations hasn't quite failed yet. I'd kill to slip $300 in page 300 of the local building code book and walk out with a permit instead of the fucking runaround
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There are forms of this. What's TSA pre check? Basically a bribe to get around security theater that we got to do freely before their creation.
 
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