Have Milei's economic policies effectively reduced poverty in Argentina?

Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "Have Milei's economic policies effectively reduced poverty in Argentina?". Your opponent's style: Kirchner's fan

According to the data poverty in Argentina went down from 56 to 27%

You're citing a raw number drop without context, which is exactly how misleading statistics work. Which poverty line, which period, and does it account for currency collapse that made peso savings worthless overnight? What actually matters: did real wages rise or just measurement change?

It went down in a year and 6 months and the dollar maintain the same value for a year 1400 pesos

That's a recovery myth. Poverty soared to 52.9% in the first half of 2024 following steep devaluation—Milei's shock collapsed real wages instantly. You're only celebrating the bounce-back from catastrophe he created. 41.3% of children under 14 still live in poverty. Why celebrate erasing damage you caused?

During Fernandez era childs poverty was 60 % so it went down

False equivalence. Fernández inherited crisis from Macri; Milei deliberately engineered collapse through shock therapy then takes credit for partial recovery. Child poverty at 41.3% is still catastrophic. Why measure success against your predecessor's worst moment, not actual living standards?

https://sdds.indec.gob.ar/nsdp.htm

You're linking official data without claiming what it proves. Show me the specific figures you're citing so we can examine whether poverty "reduction" reflects real wage gains or just statistical reclassification amid peso devaluation. What's the actual purchasing power story?

People can buy more things now salaries in Fernández era were lower,the dollar went from 60 to 1300 and during Milei s era from 1000 to 1500

You're conflating currency devaluation with purchasing power. A 50% peso depreciation under Milei versus Fernández's 2000% doesn't mean wages actually recovered—it means inflation destroyed savings faster. Show real wage data adjusted for actual cost of living, not nominal numbers. What happened to real consumption?

You're asking for real wages? Fine. Real consumption is up because people are actually spending money again instead of hiding pesos under mattresses. Your own math proves this, you just won't admit it. Fernández's 2000% devaluation destroyed purchasing power overnight. Milei's stabilization at 1400 pesos let salaries buy actual goods. That's not statistical reclassification, that's people eating better. Stop pretending catastrophe under your guy was somehow better than recovery under mine.

Your "eating better" claim needs data, not assumptions. Real wages fell 9% in 2024 alone under Milei, INDEC's own numbers. People spending mattress cash isn't recovery, it's asset liquidation masking wage collapse. You're celebrating that Argentines burned savings to maintain consumption, not that salaries actually improved. Where's the wage growth that justifies poverty claims?