Hi …in face for all the world to see how melie is turning govt around in very positive way I would think trump and his ppl would take serious note of it and use it constructively. ..but I have not seen such evidence that he is taking it seriously. .mayb I’m missing reports of it …somehow trump has to see how it’s done in Argentina…is there any evidence of trump acknowledging progress Melie has made?.thx smays
Well, Elon Musk of DOGE did wield a chainsaw recently. But don't expect too much; the US budget has to be cut in half, and that's simply not going to happen. Trump will save a few billion here and there (maybe) and call it a success. And even if we got back to where we were in the 60's, so what? We're all going to die anyways, and no government on earth is sustainable forever. Most people would be satisfied with prosperity for us, in our lifetime. That is the real problem, and it's a problem no one really recognizes.
It appears that a significant number of former government office-workers were able to get real jobs in the Argentine economy after all, as they are happily earning an income away from the protections that were afforded in their former phony occupations. Obviously, they are satisfied that they are enjoying honest work without indirectly stealing from their neighbors.
Javier Milei can add a new quote to his repetoire: "I love it when a plan comes together!" Spoken in Spanish, of course!
Ah!, Yes gold in them thar hills. Just need to find it in those big mountains. Hope all the money that goes into the Country will make the average worker prosper. They, that is the people seem to be adventurists.
Joel, Great article, the miracle thrives. I think probably Trump and Musk sold the chainsaw made out of gold (a gift from President Milei), when the price went up, because it was an honest reminder of a plan that works, verses their plan which wasn't designed to work.
But bribery is a crime. And crime isn't an economic activity. Could call crime anti-economic activity.
That bribery often involves money too often gets it equated with capitalism.
Also, messenger-shooting style, comes "the root of all evil" bushes & trees .. but it isn't kosher to blame the money-bribe: its those who take the bribes that are blame-worthy.
And some bribery, involving "sensitive info," is called blackmail & may be more pervasive than, or foundational for, all the cash bribery.
And some bribery, involving items sensitive to arson, or sensitive body parts breakage, is called extortion.
Point underlying is that "The Real Thing" man of/by/for "the people" isn't that at all - but he gets his "privatized profit," at commons expense, & couldn't care less.
Years of toxic accumulation from now, maybe Milli Vanilli's grandson can dust off MAHA. Lip-sticking lip syncing pigs seems to be all it takes to move the McRib sandwiches.
What I should have said is: any economic activity is deemed as good, as long as both parties have consented, and no fraud is involved, even things that are harmful.
I’m having my morning cup. Oily, dark roast beans, finely ground, brewed into stovetop espresso. A strong caffeine jolt.
After this will be a cup, or two, of Irish breakfast tea. More jolts.
Dose makes the poison & “attraction” makes the addiction.
I’m mildly attracted to coffee & tea. Plenty of people are maniacal about those beverages, & other things, too, tho.
Or plenty of people are latently maniacal… until the “MK Ultra” secret/patented ingredient accelerants are mixed in.
Which came first, the addiction chicken or the subscription egg? Willie Dixon’s lyrics from Jim Morrison’s mouth:
You men eat your dinner, eat your pork and beans
I eat more chicken than any man ever seen, yeah, yeah
The trick to the question is that the chicken feeder/eaters (& “cullers”) came first.
Fraud is fractal.
Fraud may “itself” be addicted to trying to fill all the empty spaces between electrons & proton/neutron nuclei … or at least conveying the appearance of filling in those spaces.
Coke? Pure fraud.
Elections (with an “s/“ prefix is in)? Sounds pretty close/like electrons, eyeballing all that “new frontier” empty space.
Failure to assume, until the vanishingly rare rule-proving exception needles of hay mow life pierce you, that all s/electeds aren’t Millie Vanilli lip sync puppets is fraud, too.
Self-fraud.
But when the herd of similars apparently/ostensibly fills in all that empty space with “their” projections the illusion is made manifest concrete & subscription model addiction is normalized … has long since been normalized.
Another kiss (acronym) of lip synced lip prints had Millie s/mooching a wall mideast way. Deciphered, translated, that Millie message reads “Kiss my ass!” The ouroboros pecking order embodied, right there.
Same as “Drink this, my coke-heads!” does.
All of which suddenly has me recalling the chainsaw scene in Scarface. Say hello to this, my leetle fren.
Which leads to Cuban crooks smuggling themselves into happier hunting grounds in the Mariel boatlift & Cuban aficionado Papa Hemingway’s daughter of the same name’s Personal Best movie.
No matter what it feels like its all very impersonal in this best of all possible worlds of personal imposters.
Milei's childhood- growing up in the Argentine upper middle class with an abusive father sounds like a perfectly sound launch pad for a such a destructive and narcissistic sociopath.
One can only hope that here in the USA we will embark on a similar journey. Of course, we Americans need it to be introduced in a much more “kind and sensitive” manner.
There is NO 'kind and sensitive' way to fire slackers. That's why Milei, thus far, has been successful. To be fair, Argentina was starting basically from the bottom, so there was no place to go but up.
Hi …in face for all the world to see how melie is turning govt around in very positive way I would think trump and his ppl would take serious note of it and use it constructively. ..but I have not seen such evidence that he is taking it seriously. .mayb I’m missing reports of it …somehow trump has to see how it’s done in Argentina…is there any evidence of trump acknowledging progress Melie has made?.thx smays
Well, Elon Musk of DOGE did wield a chainsaw recently. But don't expect too much; the US budget has to be cut in half, and that's simply not going to happen. Trump will save a few billion here and there (maybe) and call it a success. And even if we got back to where we were in the 60's, so what? We're all going to die anyways, and no government on earth is sustainable forever. Most people would be satisfied with prosperity for us, in our lifetime. That is the real problem, and it's a problem no one really recognizes.
It appears that a significant number of former government office-workers were able to get real jobs in the Argentine economy after all, as they are happily earning an income away from the protections that were afforded in their former phony occupations. Obviously, they are satisfied that they are enjoying honest work without indirectly stealing from their neighbors.
Javier Milei can add a new quote to his repetoire: "I love it when a plan comes together!" Spoken in Spanish, of course!
Ah!, Yes gold in them thar hills. Just need to find it in those big mountains. Hope all the money that goes into the Country will make the average worker prosper. They, that is the people seem to be adventurists.
If you're not familiar with Bastiat, seek him out. A giant....
One of my favorites
Joel, Great article, the miracle thrives. I think probably Trump and Musk sold the chainsaw made out of gold (a gift from President Milei), when the price went up, because it was an honest reminder of a plan that works, verses their plan which wasn't designed to work.
Refusing entrance to the coke poisoners would have been impressive. Don't need to know Morse Code to read that tell.
One of the problems of 'capitalism' is that any economic activity is deemed as good, even things that are harmful.
So I have heard.
But bribery is a crime. And crime isn't an economic activity. Could call crime anti-economic activity.
That bribery often involves money too often gets it equated with capitalism.
Also, messenger-shooting style, comes "the root of all evil" bushes & trees .. but it isn't kosher to blame the money-bribe: its those who take the bribes that are blame-worthy.
And some bribery, involving "sensitive info," is called blackmail & may be more pervasive than, or foundational for, all the cash bribery.
And some bribery, involving items sensitive to arson, or sensitive body parts breakage, is called extortion.
Point underlying is that "The Real Thing" man of/by/for "the people" isn't that at all - but he gets his "privatized profit," at commons expense, & couldn't care less.
Years of toxic accumulation from now, maybe Milli Vanilli's grandson can dust off MAHA. Lip-sticking lip syncing pigs seems to be all it takes to move the McRib sandwiches.
What I should have said is: any economic activity is deemed as good, as long as both parties have consented, and no fraud is involved, even things that are harmful.
Yes.
But the closer you look…
I’m having my morning cup. Oily, dark roast beans, finely ground, brewed into stovetop espresso. A strong caffeine jolt.
After this will be a cup, or two, of Irish breakfast tea. More jolts.
Dose makes the poison & “attraction” makes the addiction.
I’m mildly attracted to coffee & tea. Plenty of people are maniacal about those beverages, & other things, too, tho.
Or plenty of people are latently maniacal… until the “MK Ultra” secret/patented ingredient accelerants are mixed in.
Which came first, the addiction chicken or the subscription egg? Willie Dixon’s lyrics from Jim Morrison’s mouth:
You men eat your dinner, eat your pork and beans
I eat more chicken than any man ever seen, yeah, yeah
The trick to the question is that the chicken feeder/eaters (& “cullers”) came first.
Fraud is fractal.
Fraud may “itself” be addicted to trying to fill all the empty spaces between electrons & proton/neutron nuclei … or at least conveying the appearance of filling in those spaces.
Coke? Pure fraud.
Elections (with an “s/“ prefix is in)? Sounds pretty close/like electrons, eyeballing all that “new frontier” empty space.
Failure to assume, until the vanishingly rare rule-proving exception needles of hay mow life pierce you, that all s/electeds aren’t Millie Vanilli lip sync puppets is fraud, too.
Self-fraud.
But when the herd of similars apparently/ostensibly fills in all that empty space with “their” projections the illusion is made manifest concrete & subscription model addiction is normalized … has long since been normalized.
Another kiss (acronym) of lip synced lip prints had Millie s/mooching a wall mideast way. Deciphered, translated, that Millie message reads “Kiss my ass!” The ouroboros pecking order embodied, right there.
Same as “Drink this, my coke-heads!” does.
All of which suddenly has me recalling the chainsaw scene in Scarface. Say hello to this, my leetle fren.
Which leads to Cuban crooks smuggling themselves into happier hunting grounds in the Mariel boatlift & Cuban aficionado Papa Hemingway’s daughter of the same name’s Personal Best movie.
No matter what it feels like its all very impersonal in this best of all possible worlds of personal imposters.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwLwb39oQzk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9jBaQVCLYY
Dude, take your meds. Or, maybe you're an Egypt Solomon wannabe.
“Meds”?
Chemical constraints for me so that your comfort zone isn’t disturbed means, almost certainly, that you’re already disturbed.
Sorry about that. Wish there was help for it. But its strictly DIY.
Milei's childhood- growing up in the Argentine upper middle class with an abusive father sounds like a perfectly sound launch pad for a such a destructive and narcissistic sociopath.
One can only hope that here in the USA we will embark on a similar journey. Of course, we Americans need it to be introduced in a much more “kind and sensitive” manner.
There is NO 'kind and sensitive' way to fire slackers. That's why Milei, thus far, has been successful. To be fair, Argentina was starting basically from the bottom, so there was no place to go but up.
Agreed wholeheartedly. There is nothing I would like to see more.
I should have inserted the 🙄 emoji.