@Ponderable saidStupid question really. A man can balance his budget and still welcome aid.
So if the budget is balanced why does he need the money from the USA?
@Mott-The-Hoople saidHis government is socialist?
Because of the damage done from the socialist govt.
@Ponderable saidNothing is wrong with being desperate if you need help. I really dont understand what youare getting at.
Welcoming spport is one thing, being desperate for support another
@Ponderable saidPervious governments were, and like all socialists, they are failures.
His government is socialist?
@Rajk999 saidArgentina's right wing government is getting a handout while its policies force up the unemployment rate meaning less people are working.
Of course there will be some hardship. After about 50 years of mismanagement by socialist dunces, people have to learn to get off their butts and work instead of living off handouts. Argentina is rich in natural resources and according to the experts things are turning around.
This is the same administration that refused to spend tens of billions of food and other foreign aid to those suffering from hunger and disease but found $20 billion to buy overvalued currency to help a right wingers election chances. Pitiful
@no1marauder saiddo you need some cheese with that whine?
Argentina's right wing government is getting a handout while its policies force up the unemployment rate meaning less people are working.
This is the same administration that refused to spend tens of billions of food and other foreign aid to those suffering from hunger and disease but found $20 billion to buy overvalued currency to help a right wingers election chances. Pitiful
@Mott-The-Hoople saidNo thanks, cheese is bad for my cholesterol level.
do you need some cheese with that whine?
So you support spending $20 billion to meddle in a foreign country's election?
@no1marauder saidFixing critical problems usually means some discomfort for some. Inflation prior to this new govt was 76% and about 200% in 2022 and 2023. It is now about 40%.
Argentina's right wing government is getting a handout while its policies force up the unemployment rate meaning less people are working.
This is the same administration that refused to spend tens of billions of food and other foreign aid to those suffering from hunger and disease but found $20 billion to buy overvalued currency to help a right wingers election chances. Pitiful
@Rajk999 saidThere was a world wide spike in inflation following COVID. It declined in virtually all countries, including this one, without the need for the type of extreme austerity measures Argentina has imposed.
Fixing critical problems usually means some discomfort for some. Inflation prior to this new govt was 76% and about 200% in 2022 and 2023. It is now about 40%.
@no1marauder saidyou belong on the fiction isle
No thanks, cheese is bad for my cholesterol level.
So you support spending $20 billion to meddle in a foreign country's election?
you create things that are strawman arguments
@Mott-The-Hoople saidFrom the OP:
you belong on the fiction isle
you create things that are strawman arguments
Bessent last month announced that the U.S. was willing to offer a financial backstop for Argentina’s leader Javier Milei to help stabilize the nation’s economy ahead of October midterm elections that are critical to Milei’s ability to continue advancing his agenda, a dramatic government cost-cutting strategy that has been cheered on by the Trump administration.
Fiction?
"Legislative elections are scheduled to be held in Argentina on 26 October 2025.["
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Argentine_legislative_election
@no1marauder saidWhy did Sergio Massa lose the election?
From the OP:
Bessent last month announced that the U.S. was willing to offer a financial backstop for Argentina’s leader Javier Milei to help stabilize the nation’s economy ahead of October midterm elections that are critical to Milei’s ability to continue advancing his agenda, a dramatic government cost-cutting strategy that has been cheered on by the Trump adm ...[text shortened]... Argentina on 26 October 2025.["
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Argentine_legislative_election
@no1marauder said“ahead of October midterm elections”
From the OP:
Bessent last month announced that the U.S. was willing to offer a financial backstop for Argentina’s leader Javier Milei to help stabilize the nation’s economy ahead of October midterm elections that are critical to Milei’s ability to continue advancing his agenda, a dramatic government cost-cutting strategy that has been cheered on by the Trump adm ...[text shortened]... Argentina on 26 October 2025.["
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Argentine_legislative_election
Bessent didnt say that…thus your strawman
Besides, what is illegal about helping trading partner? Argentina is booting china and giving US access to it rare earth minerals.
Your TDS makes you do foolish things
@Mott-The-Hoople saidLMAO! You are pathetically gullible fool if you think this bailout a few weeks before the elections isn't meant to help Milei. Expecting anyone in the Trump administration to be honest is like searching for the Holy Grail.
“ahead of October midterm elections”
Bessent didnt say that…thus your strawman
Besides, what is illegal about helping trading partner? Argentina is booting china and giving US access to it rare earth minerals.
Your TDS makes you do foolish things
Maybe you missed this in the OP:
""Gerlt said that South American soybean producers in Argentina and Brazil are likely to take advantage of China's demand for soybeans amid the country's trade dispute with the U.S., which could have longer-term impacts on American farmers."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/american-soybean-farmers-face-financial-crisis-as-china-trade-dispute-threatens-livelihoods/ar-AA1O9cV1?ocid=BingNewsSerp
Argentina is increasing its trade with China, not decreasing it,