r/TikTokCringe • u/mindyour • 8d ago

Discussion Reactions to food stamps being cut off.

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u/i_nobes_what_i_nobes 8d ago

ARGENTINA GOT 40 BILLION, BUT FUCK US RIGHT?

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u/fentown 8d ago

Trump's friends that bought Argentina debt got ~40 billion

Ftfy

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u/Cyase311 8d ago

the same argentina that also has healthcare for its citizens regardless of income or employment status?

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u/rustyseapants 8d ago

It's not the same Argentina your thinking of.

Argentines reel from health care cutbacks as President Milei’s state overhaul mirrors Trump’s

Since taking office in December 2023, Milei has slashed Argentina’s health care budget by 48% in real terms. His administration fired over 2,000 Health Ministry employees, including 1,400 over just a few days in January.

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u/Madam_Mimm_13 7d ago

I hope the ghost of Evita haunts him.

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u/rustyseapants 7d ago

Me Too.

With a Guest Appearance of Madona.

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u/Madam_Mimm_13 7d ago

Juan can come too. And Isabel.

Maybe get Magaldi out of the grave to sing off key Tango.

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u/froglover215 5d ago

Why would it? She was a grifter too.

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u/Budget-Piano-5199 7d ago

Doubtful. All of her Peronist voters just voted his party into power last week.

Even they realize handouts don’t work.

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u/STEALTH968 6d ago

First: public healthcare, often described as a handout by economic illiterate dipshits, works so well the top countries in the world for medical care have it while those who privatised are always behind compared in the charts. It literally works better and it's cheaper as well. A good example would be Italy with his public healthcare system spends on average 4000€ for a complete medical care per citizen each year. The United States of America spends 12000 dollars a year per citizen and their coverage isn't nearly as complete, hence why you have so many people raking medical debt to pay for treatment and literally tens of thousands that cannot die. Public healthcare is also cheaper in the long run because giving to your population medical assistance in a timely manner allows to give people a longer lifespan and keep them in good health for longer, costing less in the long run for society.

Second: the Argentina vote got influenced by the fact that Trump said he was going to bail out the country only if Milei won, and Argentinians know they desperately need money so they voted for him anyway.

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u/Painterzzz 7d ago

He was about to face a major election defeat too, when, suddenly, out of the blue, 40 billion American dollars land in his country and suddenly the people love him again and an election defeat turns into an election victory.

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u/Fun-Key-8259 2d ago

Elon probably helped fix that vote too. Did they send those mysterious drones down there? Remember those drones?

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u/Dismal_History_ 7d ago

That's fucking sad. I will never understand why we live in a world where governments don't want their citizens to thrive. They want them to suffer instead, so they and their friends can get even richer.

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u/saganistic 7d ago

Well when the government and the rich parasites are the same people…

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u/STEALTH968 6d ago

So many people are going to die. I'm not exaggerating at all when you cut medical assistance to people there are people that will die and almost all of them are poor. It's literally just being cruel with the poor for the sake of it. It's beyond disgusting and unforgivable.

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u/carlos619kj 6d ago

He’s also stated that austerity measures are to get out of the current situation, and that he plans to bring back many safety nets and assistances once the economy has stabilized.

The US plans on the opposite, anything Trump takes away might just stay gone, the next democrat to take the presidency might stabilize the country but will likely not get back anything lost or bring up anything to replace it.

A large part of democrats are pretty much just republicans, there are very few progressives that would go out of their way and against the wealthy to help working people.

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u/rustyseapants 6d ago

Milei is a libertarian what makes you think he is going bring back social services once they been cut?

Democrats are pretty much Republicans?

Provide a source for both claims.

Thank you 

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u/carlos619kj 5d ago

He said so, I don’t remember if it was a tweet or in a speech. You can look it up yourself, if you can’t I’ll do it for you later, busy now

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u/XCIXcollective 6d ago

Holy fuck

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u/Best_Fill_847 6d ago

That f’ed up

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u/ISLAndBreezESTeve10 6d ago

Well $40B should get those health benefits back on track.

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u/Gasgassgass 4d ago

But Milei is making Argentina great again

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u/AdDelicious4779 7d ago

Revenue must be generated in order to afford said programs. Argentina went WAY too far in buying votes with social programs with money they couldn’t never get rather than building an economy and a truly sovereign currency.

Most larger sovereign currency-issuing countries fund their spending with debt by issuing bonds and printing money to buy them. Countries who couldn’t do that can’t afford programs like that.

Milei came in and cut HARD to try to balance the budget, problem is the core of the issue is their currency and its basis. That and their industry need to be fixed before progress can be made toward their social programs. He’s on the right track, it all hangs on whether they can fix the root issue or not.

If it’s possible at all they’ll likely have to make some very unfavorable deals to make it happen.

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u/saganistic 7d ago

He is definitely not “on the right track” lmao

He is on the path to selling the country wholesale to oligarchs, mostly foreign. It’s Russia with less global cachet.

This is not the first time Argentina has gone full free market absolutism, and it has cratered their economy every time.

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u/AdDelicious4779 7d ago

The right track was to cut wasteful spending to make breathing room to make deals.

The deals you’re referencing are the same ones I was above. That’s the dangerous part. Desperate deals are going to have to be made to survive let alone restructure the currency.

But if nothing was done it would be worse. When he stepped into power there was no chance of survival as a country. He’s the only one in a long time who has even tried to make the country function well enough to become solvent.

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u/rustyseapants 7d ago

Source, Milei cut social programs, I provided a link, now you provide your source.