[LucianOfSamasota]

President Cristina Fernandez and her economy minister, Hernan Lorenzino have also announced plans to decree a new gravitational constant and to revise (downwards) the speed of light in a vacuum.

As you can see, totalitarian socialism can solve any problem.

[I want the USA back]

No government has the right to interfere with the free market and affect prices in any way. But they do it anyway.

In a few weeks who will they blame the shortages on?

[Hoodat]

Argentina announced a two-month price freeze on supermarket products Monday in an effort to break spiraling inflation.

In other words, the Argentinian government is implementing a policy of food shortages for the next two months causing a new black market to flourish. Of course if the Argentinian government really wanted to stop the rise of inflation, they would tighten their money supply just as the US did in 1981. But the only cure for inflation is unemployment.

[GOPJ]

I’m betting ‘stuff’ starts disappearing from store that can be monitored - and that a thriving black market is about to come into being....

[GOPJ]

Outlawing inflation is similar to outlawing guns - it’s not going to work and bad people will use the confusion to prosper... Fun, fun, fun..

[Colinsky]

Replace high prices with empty shelves. That always works.

[bgill]

Prices freezes don’t work so well when there’s nothing on the shelves. Guess Americans will see prices raise here to offset the freezes there. Once again, we get messed over.

[Iron Munro]

As you can see, totalitarian socialism can solve any problem.

Each new ego-maniacal tyrant tries the same old failed policies because each believes he/she is so much smarter and wiser than the failed tyrants who came before them.

You see, the policies didn't fail - it was just a failure of leadership.

But he (or she) is confident they will succeed where lesser leaders have failed.

[Toddsterpatriot]

Argentina announced a two-month price freeze on supermarket products Monday in an effort to break spiraling inflation.

If inflation is too much money chasing too few goods, how does reducing the supply of goods help?

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Welcome to Shortages-Of-Everything Land!

Maybe Argentina should, oh, I don’t know, stop printing money instead???

[publius911]

Let's look at the bright side. Argentina might accomplish what has never been achieved in the history of the world...

Break the vicious cycle of printing-press inflation and insane wage demands with price controls.
The Obammer is watching closely.

[greeneyes]

OH YEH - like that will work. Lived through price freezes with Nixon. For the first time, our grocery shelves looked like the Soviet Union’s - empty of many necessities.

Price controls result in shortages and long lines.

[M Kehoe]

Argentina announced a two-month price freeze on supermarket products Monday in an effort to break spiraling inflation.

Well why not, that policy has failed every time it's tried.

5.56mm

[immadashell]

Damn, I seem to have misplaced my copy of Black Market Setup For Dummies. Can anyone help me out? Thanks

[TEXOKIE]

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