Recent content by Quilombo

Most people don't earn an income high enough to pay ganacias, true, but they're getting raked over the coals when it comes to things like IVA, Impuesto PAIS, etc. which are the most regressive taxes because they are flat, not graduated, and apply to everyone equally. The rich pay 21% on...

I assume as much too, Milei isn't the type of man to think rationally about things, consequences be damned. That's the problem, expensive peso, high export duties, high import duties (parts/capital goods) and liquified consumption domestically. This means opened imports or not, it makes more...

Doesn't help that the peso is artificially expensive which helps to decrease competitiveness. If Milei actually opens up imports local industry is going away fully, no more line shutdowns, entire factories closing because why get fake 'Made in TDF" appliances when you can get the same ones made...

This is the perfect metaphor. Sure, you may have an extra $500 in your bank account, but if you're living on the street does that mean you're doing well? My problem with Milei (amongst others) is that he's so out of touch with reality. Today he tweeted an AI image of a lion drinking a mug of...

All blender, little chainsaw. What good is the cure if it kills the patient? $4 bread with a $1/hour minimum wage.

I can only speak for myself, but I'm glad there are Brazilian med students here, some stick around, work here, pay taxes here, raise a family here, etc. and the last couple times I've gone to the doctors I've been attended by Brazilian and Venezuelans doctors, Paraguayan nurses, etc. and while...

This has been my complaint about all the increases broadly; I don't disagree that there needs to be an update with reality, but if my electricity bill is going to increase 300%, Edesur doesn't have any more excuses for fixing the low voltage lines in my neighborhood, and my Obra Social should be...

Capitalism breeds innovation, baby! Saw something similar with a kid in California flying to Berkeley for class The rich are cutting off their noses to spite their faces because at this rate all the inherited wealth their kids will get will be for nothing if A) the help/service economy plebs...

Lol With all the problems we have, spending billions to ride bitch for Uncle Sam is definitely a priority.

Immigrants complaining about immigrants, like a snake eating its tail lol

Bem-vindo! You guys should all feel at home here, lots of Brazilians in BA. Facultad de Medicina on Cordoba is basically Barrio Brasileño, super common to hear tons of people speaking Portuguese, and I like to call the Western Union Casa Central the Brazilian Embassy (exceto que não ha ordem e...

Fintechs/Neobanks (MercadoPago, Reba, Brubank, etc.) and Brokerage firms (apparently Galicia too as I'm seeing it in Home Banking) let you buy and sell dollars via the MEP, the legal dollar that's often closest to the blue. For example, this is what I see in Reba when I sign in: What you...

Not helping the rumors about his sister... to be fair, if my husband said his brother was his valentine we'd be having problems too

When I was less busy I was looking at helping out with the Buenos Aires Food Bank, but since I now work 12 hour days/weekends I've opted just to donate money instead. The City has a page about the work they do too, so you can see they're legit.

For my teen/adult life until 2020 I always worked in person and never really thought of WFH being a thing until COVID. I ended up changing careers, and started working in tech during the pandemic, and have done so since, and the consensus from my colleagues/peers is that RTO is just company's...