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| Soup Kitchens in Argentina due to Social Emergency; Right-wing, Conservative, Neoliberal Mauricio Macri: Weapon of Mass Misery | |
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| Che On The Rocks | Mar 8 2017, 05:09 AM Post #21 |
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Mr. Robert Stout: in Alabama, 1860, the cotton plantation owners said more or less the same... Dear Jake: Macri is a current govt worker. A bad one. Perhaps he should get to be a former govt worker? Herr Professor Mozart: 1) All the important countries subside fossil fuel. 2) Teachers can't afford the gasoline for going to schools. So they march for teaching how to fight Neoliberalism. ------------- Top Argentine labor group pickets over wages, challenging Macri
Protesters yell slogan during a march of Argentina's National General Confederation of Labor (CGT) in solidarity with striking teachers in Buenos Aires, Argentina March 7, 2017. REUTERS/Martin Acosta A protester carries a figure depicting Argentina's President Mauricio Macri as members of Argentina's National General Confederation of Labor (CGT) stage a broad march in solidarity with striking teachers in Buenos Aires, Argentina March 7, 2017. REUTERS/Martin Acosta ^^^Note the cat. Protesters bang against a fence surrounding the presidential palace during a march of Argentina's National General Confederation of Labor (CGT) in solidarity with striking teachers in Buenos Aires, Argentina March 7, 2017. REUTERS/Martin Acosta Read the same news at teleSUR, AP, Al Jazeera and Xinhua. Extra pictures: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ^^^500,000 WORKERS IN THE STREETS. |
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Free Milagro Sala! What happened to Santiago Maldonado? What happened to ARA San Juan? Mapuche Lives Matter! Stop the political persecution in Argentina! Stop the looting of Argentina! | |
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| Robert Stout | Mar 9 2017, 02:14 AM Post #22 |
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500,000 workers on the street....I hope it makes them feel good about themselves...However it doesn't put food on their table or money in their wallet....Workers get those things by working, not protest marches....I can see why the old Argentina Generals got tired of such silly people..............
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| PATruth | Mar 9 2017, 09:49 PM Post #23 |
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Venezuelan's are jealous, they wish they had soup. Maybe Che could give the forum an update about life in the Venezuelan socialist paradise? |
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| Robert Stout | Mar 9 2017, 10:32 PM Post #24 |
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Since eating all of the flamingos, the Venezuelans are now chewing the bark off of the trees....This could lead to a serious deforestation problem in Venezuela....However the people there have maintained their pride and faith in the revolution..........
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| Che On The Rocks | Mar 10 2017, 05:55 AM Post #25 |
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Mr. Robert Stout (post #22): when the Argentina Government is the Government of the oligarchy, by the oligarchy, for the oligarchy, working doesn't put money in your wallet. It puts money in the oligarchy wallet. Or: in these times, less Uncle Tom and more Malcolm X. P.S.: the old Generals were not very hardworking, precisely. Why do you think they lost the Malvinas/Falklands War? Bwana Pat: soup is so expensive here! It's like there's no! For Fake News about Venezuela, read any Western MSM. Mr. Robert Stout (post #24): bark of trees? YUMMY! Pass it on, please! ---------------------- Argentina: Workers Protest Against Macri and Demand their Union Leaders to Call to a General Strike
![]() Indec: Inflation Clocks In At 2.5 Percent In February
![]() Argentina poverty rate climbs to 33%
MACRI REGIME: POVERTY FOR THE MANY, RICHNESS FOR THE FEW. |
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| PATruth | Mar 10 2017, 10:24 AM Post #26 |
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Poor Che: "People are hunting dogs and cats in the streets, and pigeons in the plazas to eat," Ramon Muchacho, mayor of the Caracas district of Chacao, said this month in a tweet that was reported in many newspapers. Although Venezuela has the world's largest petroleum reserves, the country has suffered from a combination of lower oil prices and tight limits on dollar purchases that have cut off vital food and most other imports. The result has been a plunging economy and the world's highest inflation rate — above 700%. Because Venezuela imports 70% of the goods it consumes, including most medicine, growing shortages of medicines for such ailments as cancer, diabetes, hypertension and HIV has created dire situations for many. I heard there Venezuelans have a good recipe for pigeon soup? Love that socialism heh Che? You should really consider good old fashion capitalism, that is of course only if you want a nice house, electricity 24/7, a surplus of food, several nice cars and plenty of toys. You guys just can't learn from your mistakes can you? Edited by PATruth, Mar 10 2017, 10:25 AM.
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| Che On The Rocks | Mar 12 2017, 07:05 AM Post #27 |
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Bwana Pat: "better starved in capitalist Argentina (or Haiti) than red in Venezuela". Ha ha ha ha! Reader's Digest generation, indeed! -------------------- Following New Poverty Rates And Numerous Protests, Government Sanctions Social Emergency Law
![]() Photo via Nova Argentina Re-read this thread opening article. |
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Free Milagro Sala! What happened to Santiago Maldonado? What happened to ARA San Juan? Mapuche Lives Matter! Stop the political persecution in Argentina! Stop the looting of Argentina! | |
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| jake58 | Mar 12 2017, 12:04 PM Post #28 |
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Unsurprisingly che cared little about soup kitchens, rampant inflation and massive amounts of debt and corruption during the Kirchner years, or indeed the Hugo years... it took the Kirchners 15 years to eff up this economy royally... Macri was never going to fix it in one. |
| That which can be asserted without evidence; can be dismissed without evidence- Christopher Hitchens | |
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| W A Mozart | Mar 12 2017, 01:28 PM Post #29 |
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Che writes....
Even the BBC? Reuters? CNN? France 24? ZDF/ARD..? All of em? They're all lying about Venezuela and the utter destruction brought about by Chavez & Maduro? A plot? Che, what's happened? Do you only read the pages of Granma for real news? I think you've been watching way too much Telesur....... Mozart Edited by W A Mozart, Mar 12 2017, 01:31 PM.
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| Robert Stout | Mar 12 2017, 06:01 PM Post #30 |
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It is only a matter of time before someone publishes a recipe for soup made from Maduro......There are consequences for extremely poor governance.........
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| Che On The Rocks | Mar 17 2017, 04:57 AM Post #31 |
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Dear Jake: those roaring multitudes are not protesting against the Kirchners or against Hugo. They are protesting against the right-wing, conservative Macri Regime. They do so because the Macri Regime is fixing nothing (except their "family business"). The Macri Regime is making things worse. ![]() Herr Professor Mozart: excuse me? Or: how many stories are there about hunger in Venezuela? How many stories are there about hunger in Haiti? And where is there more hunger? Mr. Robert Stout: Macri the Cat. There are sooo many ways for cooking a cat... To all the above Gentlemen: "but, but, Venezuela" has on Argentine politics the same effect that on American politics: near zero. Please, evolve and adapt. ----------------- Argentina: Thousands of manifestants made road and bridges blockades in repudiation to Macri’s hunger policies – There were also popular meals
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Argentina: Massive March as Teachers vow to Continue Strike
![]() Thousands march during the national teachers' strike, March 6, 2017 | Photo: AFP Argentina's main union calls general strike for April 6
![]() Read the same news at efe-epa and Mercopress. "DEAR MACRI THE CAT. DEAR RICH FAT CATS: NO PAY RISE, NO WORK" -ARGENTINE WORKERS-
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| Robert Stout | Mar 17 2017, 06:19 AM Post #32 |
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Argentinians compute their salary based on wages plus pet hamster government benefits....What percentage of Argentinians actually pay a personal income tax ???................ :oyvey |
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| Che On The Rocks | Mar 20 2017, 08:06 AM Post #33 |
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Mr. Robert Stout: i have no idea, at this time! -------------- In Macri’s Sputtering Argentina, Best Bet Is Being a Farmer Oh, ha ha ha! Less than 10% of Argentina population is rural! Besides, there are farmers and there are farmers: USDA says to extend stay on rule allowing Argentine lemon imports
Lemons are pictured as a woman shops at a fruits and vegetables store in Buenos Aires, Argentina, January 24, 2017. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci For all the rest of the People who are not connected to Macri's "agrarian utopia", their fate is obvious: Cristina Kirchner Shares Anti-Macri “Captain Poverty” Video On Social Media
![]() "By your powers combined, I am Captain Poverty" It's more than Captain Poverty. It's Captain Atom! Macri Compares Argentina Teachers Strike to Hiroshima
![]() Macri controversially used Hiroshima to criticize teachers unions in Argentina. | Photo: Reuters / Hiroshima Municipal Archive NO, NO THE TEACHERS! IT'S YOU, MAURICIO MACRI! YOU ARE ARGENTINA'S HIROSHIMA! RADIOACTIVE THANKS, MAURICIO! |
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| PATruth | Mar 20 2017, 09:25 AM Post #34 |
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Che needs to grasp reality. It's better to have rich people than a society of all poor people. Rich people create jobs and pay taxes. Rich people operate stores that sell the basics like food and beer. The universal problem with most poor people is they are ignorant and provide little in the way of tangible jobs skills. Che needs to understand even government can't redistribute more than it produces. The only thing a Latin American socialist country produces is money, they print it until it's nearly worthless. The only real benefit to socialism is everybody is dirt poor so no one feels bad being poor. I wonder if Che has ever been hired by a poor person?
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| W A Mozart | Mar 20 2017, 09:41 AM Post #35 |
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Argentina. The future direction of politics in the world? We lost an election so every two weeks we put 100K in the streets, give em all placards and banners, and slowly rip the country apart. Us against them. The good vs. the bad. One demonstration after the next. They've all drunken their Kool Aid, and they're ready to seize political power again. We KNOW what we're doing! Then, when they actually seize power, they throw everyone out of government who isn't a supporter of their cause, of their Kool Aid. We're right, you're wrong, the rest of you can go suck eggs. All the government revenues, all the power, all the money, all the media is now concentrated into one political party. Wow. Breathtaking stuff. Frightening. Orwellian. It reminds one of North Korea. Mozart Edited by W A Mozart, Mar 20 2017, 09:43 AM.
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| Che On The Rocks | Mar 21 2017, 08:33 AM Post #36 |
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Bwana Pat: "Love the Rich, Hate the Poor" by The Holy Reader's Digest. Herr Professor Mozart: Argentina is North Korea? Less conspiracy theories/Rémy Martin and more analysis. ---------------- Noam Chomsky Danny Glover Sign Letter Against Argentina's Macri
(See here) (See here and here, respectively) ![]() Noam Chomsky and Danny Glover | Photo: AFP-Reuters Argentina warns Trump: 'Nationalism will not make your economy richer'
![]() Nicolás Dujovne: ‘We see trade as a source of opportunity and not as a threat.’ Photograph: Juan Mabromata/AFP/Getty Images ^^^Compare Dujovne's words with the articles in this thread and its predecessors. Perhaps he will propose to the Brits another Roca–Runciman Treaty?
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| W A Mozart | Mar 21 2017, 09:00 AM Post #37 |
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Chomsky? Glover? .... If this were a just world, a fair world, a world with justice and egalitarianism, both of these slobbering clowns would be brought before a judge, immediately sentenced to 20 years in prison and be forced to listen to the "best of" speeches of Cristine Fernandez 24/7 in their jail cells. ![]() Mozart |
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| Robert Stout | Mar 21 2017, 09:24 AM Post #38 |
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Every Argentinian would get their subsidies from the government if everyone paid their income taxes....They have a 35% flat income tax plus a value added tax.....I didn't see any protest march demanding everyone pays their income tax...They act like Italians all through Latin America..............
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| Che On The Rocks | Mar 23 2017, 07:04 AM Post #39 |
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Herr Professor Mozart: now you sound like Kim Jong-un from North Korea. Mr. Robert Stout: well, Argentinians are protesting against a renowned tax cheater, so you could think they are protesting against tax evasion, too... Income tax is not flat in Argentina. It has a "progressive profile": more the income (above of a certain threshold), more the percentage to pay. But those are details. The thing is, in Argentina only the middle class pays direct taxes. Because they have enough money for paying, but not enough for evading. The poors don't pay because they are in the "informal" (black) economy, and the richs don't pay because they have enough money for buying the "cheating know-how". Only the multinational corporations rob +20 billion dollars per year in Argentina, in tax matters. Now, in Neoliberal times, the middle class shrinks (many of them fall into the poverty). That means less tax payers. That means less direct tax revenue. So, the government resorts to indirect taxes like the value-added tax. In Argentina, it is already very high: 21%. But the consumption falls, so the revenue by this indirect tax falls too... Conclusion: overall tax revenue falls. Deficit up. Governmen take debt. Wall Street happy. Government gets good reviews in financial media... ...but that situation is not sustainable. -------------------- The Argentine economy fell 2.3% in 2016. The Macri Regime sees a growing. Nobody sees it at street level. The Central Bank keeps very high rates. But hey, Mission Acomplished: Argentina's 7 Wealthiest Double Fortunes Under Macri
![]() Billionaire Alejandro Bulgheroni thanking President Mauricio Marci at the presidential palace for public subsidies to oil companies. | Photo: Presidency More about these few winners, here. Will they pay taxes? But of course, there are many, many losers: The Chilean Effect: 400 Shops Closed In Mendoza
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| Che On The Rocks | Mar 23 2017, 07:30 AM Post #40 |
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Macri public school gaffe helps fuel Argentine teachers' protest
Public school teachers on strike take part in a protest at Plaza de Mayo square in front of the Casa Rosada Presidential Palace in Buenos Aires, Argentina March 22, 2017. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci A woman holds up a sign that reads, 'I did not fall into (public school), I chose it' after yesterday's gaffe by Argentina's President Mauricio Macri about Argentines who 'fall into public school' during a protest in Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 22, 2017. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci A girl has the words 'I am proud of falling into public school' over her school uniform after yesterday's gaffe by Argentina's President Mauricio Macri about Argentines who 'fall into public school' during a protest in Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 22, 2017. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci Read this same news at AFP and AP. Argentine Teachers Strike, Take to the Streets
![]() Thousands of teachers from across Buenos Aires province gathered in the Plaza de Mayo to demand a pay rise in line with soaring inflation. Photo:EFE ![]() A protestor holds a sign with the message, “Dignified salary to live on.” The figures compare the salary of a teacher — 8,000 pesos — to that of a politician — 130,000 pesos. Photo:EFE ![]() The educators were scheduled to go back to class on Thursday, but they have warned of more strikes ahead if salary talks do not progress. With October congressional elections ahead, the protests come at a delicate time for Macri. Photo:EFE Extra pictures: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ^^^400,000 teachers in Plaza de Mayo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE MARCH OF THE FALLEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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