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    What is the real value of the peso?

    Back of the envelope? Around 2K ARS. Based on inflation since the end of parity I'm guessing 4K ARS per dollar if the devaluation moved in tandem with inflation. Edit: I asked ChatGPT and it says inflation was around 5,220% between 2001 and Dec 2023, so at least $5,220 ARS per dollar.
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    Potential elimination of citizenship-based taxation of American expats

    lol, as if people who didn't already earn over the foreign tax exemption weren't going to vote for him
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    70% of workers in Argentina earning under 550k pesos a month

    Exactly. Maybe the dollarization is the friends we made along the way that had to sell their dollars to pay their Edesur/Edenor bill 💸
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    Customs rules for electronics and furniture

    What sort of electrical goods are you looking to bring? If it's a laptop, phone, iPad, etc. yes, and do so, it's much cheaper than buying here, but if you're thinking about a TV or appliances then no, because whatever you save in repurchasing it's probably lost on shipping plus the voltage/plug...
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    70% of workers in Argentina earning under 550k pesos a month

    He and Caputo have shifted to this endogenous dollarization idea, but he doesn't say it out loud, just behind closed doors to the caste. I've argued against dollarization and said he was lying during the campaign because nobody would be stupid enough to lend us the money to dollarize and now...
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    Changes to naturalization law in pipeline?

    This reminds me about laws to make it illegal to vote in the US for non-citizens, which is already a crime. Anyone on this forum who has naturalized (or is in the process of doing so) knows he is advocating something that is de facto enforced: Proposed Amendment: Be 18 years of age or older...
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    Milei Wants Argentines to Dollarize the Economy for Him

    I'm a he for what it's worth, and I agree w/ @FrankPintor and @Ries , we didn't run for president, Milei did. That being said, I'll share some of my ideas: Agree with basically everything Ries said about how punitive and regressive taxes are here on average people. We should be taxing rich...
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    Milei Wants Argentines to Dollarize the Economy for Him

    I'm very aware of this, it's Milei and his fans that appear to be struggling with the mathematics of getting blood from a stone. Check my post history, I've been saying since he announced his candidacy that he's a bullshitting liar because not only was dollarization a bad idea, it wasn't...
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    70% of workers in Argentina earning under 550k pesos a month

    He's making fun of Milei's endogenous dollarization idea, which can't happen when 70% of the country earns less than $500/month.
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    70% of workers in Argentina earning under 550k pesos a month

    70% of Argentines earn less than $458/month, now that's a sign of a healthy economy! VLLC!
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    Argentine human rights museum under fire

    Funny how the Venn diagram of people who "question" the dictatorship's murders and people who "question" whether 6 million people were killed in the holocaust tends to be a circle.
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    PR processing time

    You don't need an immigration lawyer for that, but I digress. I applied for my permanent residency DNI via marriage to an Argentine citizen (familiar residency enablement like yourself) and it took about 5 months. I did it via RadEx and live in Buenos Aires (CABA) and didn't use a lawyer, and...
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    PR processing time

    Did you do it here in Buenos Aires via RadEx?
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    Milei accused of plagiarising UN speech from West Wing

    Wait, you're telling me the guy who spends all day retweeting posts by DieFeministScum88 on Twitter is dumb enough to plagiarize a West Wing speech, and even dumber in not realizing West Wing is simultaneously crack and the bible to the liberal media, so they'd know the episode of the top of...
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    Is Cristina on the comeback trail?

    It's important to remember that Peronism is a 3rd way political philosophy that isn't left wing or right wing; Cristina's slate within the PJ is more "progressive", sure, but to call it the left is extremely inaccurate, especially when there is an actual alliance (albeit small) of left wing...
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    Milei Wants Argentines to Dollarize the Economy for Him

    The power of positive thinking I guess? I know I've debated this with other forum members previously, but endogenous dollarization assumes that the overwhelming majority of Argentines have dollars freely available to be liquidated that will enter in to the macroeconomy of which all Argentines...
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    How much more are you paying for your health (prepaga) insurance?

    Sancor; it's meh considering all prepagas are pretty bad here, at least the price is cheaper than what many others are paying
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    How much more are you paying for your health (prepaga) insurance?

    $150K/month, 2 male adults, both of us under 40.
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    Converging Dollars

    AKA the Carry Trade/bicicleta financiera. Just don't get caught riding it when the market aligns with reality, as it did god knows how many times previously. (People got rich/richer thanks to it though, so it is possible)
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    Bed bugs

    In 10+ years I've yet to come across them thankfully. Let's hope it stays that way
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