Still, these people want USD, not really a crypto. I figure some lost their shirts in UST.
Over here, free (nonprivate) public education is a point of pride. It's political suicide to dismantle the public [1] education system. People will rightfully take to the streets if someone attempts this. Same with many hospitals.
To understand what I mean, think of whatever is held dearest in US culture. Is it free speech, freedom of assembly, something like that? Now imagine if a US government told you, "we've determined freedom of speech is not fiscally feasible anymore, so we're taking it away". That's what it would feel like for us.
[1] do note in Argentina, "public" doesn't mean the same as in the US.
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>It also means you are not familiar with Argentina's culture or politics.
I'm familiar with the fact Argentina taxes profit at 106% [0]. That is it is illegal to make a profit in Argentina. Perhaps the failures of your government officials is part of the problem in your nation. Perhaps it is possible the individual citizens of your own country know better how to manage their own money than your politicians, and what you see as prideful 'public services' have become ways to rob you and fill the pockets of those connected to your politicians. I hope you are able to find a way forward without getting robbed blind in taxes by politicians who pretend to be acting on your behalf. I certainly don't begrudge your countrymen who have taken matters in their own hands.
>Also, most people here would be screwed under a privatized system.
Your people seem to be screwed under the current system and things aren't exactly looking up. By some accounts I've heard from your countrymen, only 'most' instead of 'practically everyone' being screwed would actually be a step up.
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>Living in Argentina is not hell, or anywhere close to hell. It's quite a nice country
But I never said it was hell and this is a vapid attempt to make me look like someone who hates Argentina and painting it as hell. Surely I would probably even enjoy living there, but I'm sorry to say there are ways in which your people are 'screwed' and the currency issue is one of them. I don't appreciate your attempt to try and make this _Me the man of culture of Argentina who KNOWS the culture vs the outsider who thinks Argentina is hell_, which of course is utter bullshit designed as a back door ad hominem attack.
>and whoever told you so is lying to you.
You are literally the first Argentinian I've spoken to who claimed they weren't screwed by the political/currency situation, and I've spoken to a lot of them. I'd suggest you stop interpreting my comments as some attack on Argentina, rather interpret them as thought on how to deal with a system where your politicians fuck you with policies like making it illegal to make a profit, which is something that 'screws' everyone.
The sooner you realize your precious public institutions of 'pride' are really the way in which your politicians bluff you into lining their own pockets and getting robbed blind by their policies, the better.
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Also, most people here would be screwed under a privatized system.
It also means you are not familiar with Argentina's culture or politics.
It does mean that if identified, the system is incentivized to make a brutal example out of you.
This is simply not true. You've been listening to one-sided propaganda.
Note I'm not saying things are well. But it's not as extreme as you put it. Living in Argentina is not hell, or anywhere close to hell. It's quite a nice country. Us in the middle class love to complain a lot, but many of us are doing quite fine.
Yes, the situation is uncertain, inflation very high, and it's all politically volatile. But it's not anywhere close to a nightmare (your "practically everyone is screwed"), and whoever told you so is lying to you.
Unless you want to pay 75% of your income in taxes.
https://cointelegraph.com/news/argentina-s-mendoza-province-...
This is irrelevant. The problem wasn't the mechanics of paying taxes. It was the willingness. Getting USD-T is just an easier (albeit more traceable) alternative to envelopes of cash in a suitcase.
No thanks.
For a government to be considered legitimate it must be trustworthy.