Melei is a weird guy, but I understand he has just balanced the budget in Argentina by radically cutting spending and government personnel. I am highly in favor of this.
People, including conservatives, will scream this will hurt the people whose gravy train is being cut off. However, there's no avoiding it. When government grows to a large percentage of the total economy, it eventually runs off the rails and bankrupts everybody.
Better to shrink government to a small percentage of the economy, so it simply matters less. Yes, there is pain in the shrinking, but that kind of pain was caused by government getting too big then going bankrupt. The pain is due to the orginal sin of excess government, not due to the cure of shrinking it back down.
Like I said, Milei is a weirdo, but isn't it inevitable that the person who finally shrinks the government is going to be an unusual and probably outlandish person?
He reminds me of Bukele, who is charting a unique course for his country as well. I like Bukele a lot better than Milei, but I'm at a point where I'm in favor of countries trying radically different approaches.
Argentina has had repeated economic collapses. Another will probably come soon if they stay on the regular bankster approved policy track. I doubt Melei will do worse than that, and he might do a lot better.
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