Quote from: K-Dog on Jan 22, 2024, 09:41 PMMilei has made it legal for employers to pay their employees in meat or milk.  No shit.

In other words, he has legalized slavery.

How are the folks supposed to pay their rent?  I guess in meat or milk?

Did he establish a minimum wage?  How many kilos/hour of meat or liters/hour of milk do you get?

OK, realistically, this law is directed at the ag workers in Argentina's cattle industry probably because the companies are short of cash to pay the cowboys and milkmaids so he figures to keep the farms staffed this way so the owners don't go out of bizness.  So these workers probably also are provided housing, they sleep in the barn with the cows.

This is pretty much how cowboys used to be paid out on the trail, they culled the beef and Cookie made stew in the Chuck Wagon, then they all sat around the fire and slept out under the stars.  They got some cash at the end of the trail when the cattle was sold at market.

Thing is, trail riding pretty much went out with the railroads, the cows get to market riding on trains in boxcars, competing for floor space with refugees. lol.  Which is what these ag workers are going to do after not very long if they don't get some cash along with a ration of meat and milk.  It's a longer ride from Argentina to the TX border than from Guatemala, but I suspect they can make the trip in a couple of months.

Argentina's economy is totally in the toilet again, and Javier got himself elected on the promise he would Dollarize the economy.  The only problem there is there are not enough dollars floating around to pay people with, thus he has come up with this idiotic solution to pay ag workers.  It's not gonna help in Buenos Aires though, since the employers there don't have a supply of cows around to pay their workers with.

I wonder if Ferfal will start blogging again?  He was the blogger who got famous during the 2002 economic crisis down there.  Looks like they are in for another round of mayhem.  I seriously doubt paying people in hamburgers is going to get them back on their feet.  I know the IMF will not take them to repay the loans, they won't even take Filet Mignon.  I give Javier 2 years max before he is deposed.

Stand by in the Sanctuary Cities for a wave of Argentinians to follow the Venezuelans.  Floyd Bennet Airfield is full, but there are still runways at LaGuardia and JFK they can set tents up on.

RE