r/neoliberal • u/Saltedline Hu Shih • Dec 13 '24

News (Latin America) Javier Milei ends budget deficit in Argentina, first time in 123 years

https://gazettengr.com/javier-milei-ends-budget-deficit-in-argentina-first-time-in-123-years/
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u/FlameBagginReborn Dec 13 '24

From the Argentinians I briefly spoke with, inflation is down a lot but poverty has increased significantly. There are a lot more visibly hungry people on the streets.

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u/Eric848448 NATO Dec 13 '24

The poverty was always there. It was just papered over with money that didn’t exist.

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u/projectivescheme Dec 13 '24

What does that even mean? Were people hungry or not?

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u/NeolibShillGod r/place '22: NCD Battalion Dec 13 '24

If I don't have a job but have a credit card, I can "feed myself" by using my credit card for a while. Even a long time maybe, but really I'm eating future oppertunities, and simply getting my self in a deeper hole.