Have Milei's economic policies effectively reduced poverty in Argentina?
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Kirchner's fan
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User
According to the data poverty in Argentina went down from 56 to 27%
Kirchner's fan
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?
User
It went down in a year and 6 months and the dollar maintain the same value for a year 1400 pesos
Kirchner's fan
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?
User
During Fernandez era childs poverty was 60 % so it went down
Kirchner's fan
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?