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This is DEregulation?

Must be one of the reasons California has lost population - in addition to super high taxes etc.

Who gets the extra %? The owners as compensation for having to pay the credit card company? This replaces tipping?

Those percentages are an imitation of North American customs (customs, not laws) but Argentina does not pay North American wages. Europeans don't leave such high tips.

Obviously. No motivation at all.

Los Angeles and Santa Monica have a law requiring tips?

Correct. It was a constitutional requirement at that time.

I am sure that was her meaning -- isn't it, sadly, a widespread sentiment? Advertising, TV (tvnovelas etc) across Latin America reflect this thinking.

Isn't this the sort of thing imposed in 'socialist' countries?

I don't know what a left handed joke is but I clearly understood the woman to be saying that she overlooked the fact that Menem was of Syrian and Muslim background because he was improving the economy, hence she said he turned blond and blue eyed in her perception.

When the economy was doing well during the first Menem administration a wealthy woman joked to me that any doubts she had had about him were dispelled when she realized all of a sudden that Menen was blond with blue eyes.

An African friend has told me he is very upset at the racist songs Argentine footballers sang after the Copa win. Is racism widespread in Argentina?

déjà vu: https://buenosairesherald.com/economics/la-rioja-issues-argentinas-first-emergency-quasi-currency-in-20-years

I understood that. I was commenting on the fact that there was another reality for most people.

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Good times for you but not for all the people who lost their life savings when dollar accounts were converted to devalued pesos and then frozen. Elderly friend came to me crying that his life savings in the Banco Ffances were lost. The courts ruled that the elderly had some rights to reclaim...

Without getting into politics, I think it would be helpful to readers if people could make recommendations for restaurants they consider good value for money, given present circumstances. If possible, state the name of the restaurant, address, whether lunch or dinner and break down costs. If...

Will outdoor restaurants continue to use those scalding hot electric heaters?

Yes and I probably shouldn't have replied! It's just that some of these threads get far off track.