Those damn Peronistas never learn.
Posted on 07/30/2022 6:01:03 PM PDT by dynachrome
Protests have erupted in Buenos Aires over the past 90 days and continue to build inside the capital as residents battle with their center-left government over sizeable amendments to social programs.
Cuts to subsidies in the energy sector based on household income already began in June.
Other subsidies, including the country’s notorious welfare program, are also on the chopping block, triggering thousands of angry residents to take to the streets.
State-sponsored aid for civilians has soared in the past 20 years, leaving 22 million Argentinians dependent on some form of government assistance. However, for the 1.2 million members dependent on the social program Empower Work, which is an income subsidy that provides a living wage for an indefinite period of time, working a regular job is out of the question.
“The government expects us to work from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. for the same amount of money,” an outraged female Buenos Aires resident and piquetero lamented to reporters during a live news broadcast.
When asked where how she’d been earning income for her household, the woman replied, “the government.”
Another protester, an adult male, also decried the proposed welfare program changes telling local reporters, “Cristina [Kirchner] told us we have to go to work instead of receiving social benefits. Going to work, that’s the policy of a right winger.”
(Excerpt) Read more at theepochtimes.com ...
Is Joe Biden running their country too?
Well here comes another 2 million streaming across our boarder.
Good grief. 🤦🏻♀️
The Dominoes are falling. How long before it comes here?
No sympathy. They kept electing and re-electing those people.
Citizen says “Going to work, that’s the policy of a right winger.”
Are we sure they are not already employed...
by the Babylon Bee?
;-)
I’m sure it’s just transitory
The DNC couldn't have put it better. :)
I recall someone saying that South American governments come pre-wrecked. The Pakistani Peruvian axis as described by historiqn Carroll Quigley goes a long towards making sense out of this: https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2807571/posts
The worst thing about Democrats is that they don't know they are stupid. They call a boy a girl, and within their fiefdom that might work. But outside of their sandbox,in the real world, their ineptitude causes pain and suffering and economic disaster.
Yup! and Free Beer for Life if if you vote for the right people....
Its really not a hard choice..../s
When there are more people IN the wagon than those that are pulling it, a nation’s economy pretty much comes to a halt.
Then comes the riots.
It’s the B....but it might be Donkeypox disease.
I brought up Argentina’s woes many times, namely because they were the showcase of South America , they had it all,( like the US) then in 2000 a currency crisis hit, then inflation, then bad times, bad times brought socialists in…..and here we are. Sounds familiar.
I long thought we would follow their path, as opposed to Venezuela. For a glimpse study their 20 year meltdown, banks and retirement funds nationalized, their beef industry went south, supply problems, credit problems, an export giant turned to a destroyed export market, etc….
Thanks for the link.
Many Freepers remain deep in denial but I am convinced we have reached stage six of civilization:
“6. Decay - lack of belief in the civilization’s outlook or inability to meet needs of the people leads to people opting out of the system. An age of cynicism, low cunning and despair.”
The government has become the enemy of the people.
That was their decision, not ours.
Exactly. They don’t know they are stupid. They think they are virtuous.
No, Biden’s weaponizing the USD and sanctions brought this mess on. The West bought into it, now we have two thirds of the world’s population at odds with us, China Russia India, South America and the Brics. Senile Joe is about to realize how really “ small” we are.
The strong currencies will be based on commodities ownership, not printed paper.
Clearly they must attack the Falklands...
Those damn Peronistas never learn.
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