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To: glockmeister40
The idea is to replace an old currency, not to print more bills. He is (or should be) setting a limit. But, Argentina lived off of inflation for many years, of course it also got them where they are today. Actually, de la Sota is the only true capable politician in Argentina in this age, and the stupid peronists know it and hate him for that.... Pisses me off.
9 posted on 12/31/2001 11:42:16 PM PST by steveisright
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To: steveisright
Argentina needs a Pinochet rather than putting up with Commie opposition Pinochet just had their leaders killed and saved Chile.
10 posted on 12/31/2001 11:51:11 PM PST by weikel
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To: steveisright
I posted this elsewhere but it bears repeating.

I left that morass in 1962 and never looked back.

The Peronists under Juan Peron is who started the mess in the first place.

The real reason for the collapse of Argentina has been it's socialized welfare system introduced by the Peronists in the late 1940's. Peron used the vast reserves that Argentina acquired during WWII by selling foodstuffs to establish a welfare state and buy out the support of the working class "Los descamisados" (the shirtless ones). He squandered it by buying out the foreign owned assets, such as the then British owned railway system which was in disrepair. Instead of attracting foreign investment and opening up the economy he nationalized industry. By the time of his overthrow in 1955 the country was bankrupt.

No goverment military or democratic has had the balls to tear down the welfare state. Instead they borrowed from the international markets to make up the budget shortfall to maintain a welfare state they could not afford. The country maintained a lifestyle without having the funds to pay for it. Instead of investing capital in productive activities they squandered it on the welfare system. Now they have to pay the piper and all the people who have been sucking at the tit are now having to realized the tit has dried up.

Argentina will never amount to anything unless it gets rid of the productive people paying for the unproductive. The real shame is the country is an immensily rich country in natural resources saddled by a population that is brain dead. But it will never change as generations of Argentines have been brainwashed into believeing they are a second world country, when in reality they don't even belong in the thirld world.

There is no alternative politically because the choice is between the left (The Peronists) and the farther left (The Radical Civic Union and Frepaso) . There exists nothing tantamount to any legitimate conservative laisez Faire parties

Look carefully at Argentina because that is where the welfare state eventually leads.

31 posted on 01/01/2002 8:54:36 AM PST by Cacique
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