• elouboub
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    10 months ago

    Fuck austerity. It doesn’t work and the IMF should fucking stop pushing for it.

    (it only works to fuck up countries)

    • @Zippy
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      210 months ago

      Yet Argentina had destroyed their economy for 25 years because they won’t act responsible and institute policies of austerity. This just keeps happening to them.

      Other countries in the same bed that have ignored austerity policy, Venezuela, Zimbabwe, Sudan…

      So ya it is actually a necessity unless your fine with triple digit inflation year after year.

    • jungle
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      110 months ago

      So the plan is to continue printing money to fund the deficit? Great way to get inflation under control. It’s working wonders in Argentina.

  • @tmijail
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    1510 months ago

    That was after the Argentine Peso lost 20% of it’s value in a single day to appease the IMF (according to the official exchange rate). Unless wages increase by more than 20%, then they’re not really increasing, just keeping up with inflation.

    • @[email protected]
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      210 months ago

      Yeah. Inflation is a tool for the ruling class to recoup any gains the working class has made, with interest.

    • JesseoftheNorth
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      1710 months ago

      It’s working exactly as it is designed to. Funneling money from the poor to the rich.

    • @Astroturfed
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      510 months ago

      Austerity is never advised in a situation where ANYTHING is going to work. It’s the equivalent of trying to tighten your budget when you lose your job. It could possibly help a little but it’s not going to fix it.

  • @Shardikprime
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    110 months ago

    In defiance? HAHAHA the bastard is in cahoots with the IMF!