Phone service in BsAs

[FrankPintor]

Call me skeptical because I have a feeling companies are going to do what the GM of MacStation said: "Well evaluate any steps we may take, which may be include better financing options" (i.e. they'll pocket the savings and continue to rob people blind). The people this is really good for are the Caputos, they own those assembly plants in Ushuaia and Rio Grande and they're getting their taxes cut, and they also own a chain of stores that sells phones too.

The Caste trembles, as always

They don't seem to like it though: https://www-infobae-com.translate.g...=es&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp

In the country where everything is politics, my suspicion is that this is a carrot for the CABA middle class to vote LLA in the upcoming local elections. Why else the rush to implement the change this week already?

 

[Redpossum]

They don't seem to like it though: https://www-infobae-com.translate.g...=es&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp

In the country where everything is politics, my suspicion is that this is a carrot for the CABA middle class to vote LLA in the upcoming local elections. Why else the rush to implement the change this week already?

OK, I confess I hadn't thought it through carefully when I pronounced this change to be good. Now I've read the info at the link you provided, Frank, I can see that this is in fact a very bad idea. In seeking to "provide a carrot to the CABA middle class" as you so well state it, they're destroying Argentina's home industry. I've said it before, I'll say it again - it's almost as if Milei's secret mission is to deliberately sabotage Argentina.

 

[Rich One]

Call me skeptical because I have a feeling companies are going to do what the GM of MacStation said: "Well evaluate any steps we may take, which may be include better financing options" (i.e. they'll pocket the savings and continue to rob people blind). The people this is really good for are the Caputos, they own those assembly plants in Ushuaia and Rio Grande and they're getting their taxes cut, and they also own a chain of stores that sells phones too.

The Caste trembles, as always

Some economists estimate that with the new tax reductions the prices of electronics will go down like 20 %. This is way over the US or Chile prices.
They can't dismantle the Tierra del Fuego assembly plants, leaving thousands unemployed and some small communities that depend on these facilities ruined. The TDF assembly plants have tax concessions until 2052...!

 

[Redpossum]

UOM Río Grande anunció un paro total en contra de la eliminación de aranceles a los productos electrónicos | La medida es por tiempo indeterminado

La seccional fueguina del sindicato calificó la medida anunciada este martes por el Gobierno de Javier Milei como "un nuevo embate a la industria nacional". Advirtió que están en riesgo los puestos de trabajo y "el derecho soberano" a habitar la provin...

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Metalworkers Union of Tierra del Fuego is out on strike for an indefinite period to protest this. They are royally pissed, and not going to take it laying down.

 

[Redpossum]

El Sur en lucha contra el plan Disneylandia | Paro por tiempo indeteminado de metalúrgicos de Tierra del Fuego

En vez de hacer industria, Sturzenegger le sugirió a los fueguinos convertir la isla en "un parque de diversiones de nivel mundial". La eliminación de aranceles a la importación de celulares disparó el conflicto. Más de 6000 empleos en peligro

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"Instead of building industry, Sturzenegger suggested the Fuegians turn the island into 'a world-class amusement park.' The elimination of tariffs on cell phone imports sparked the conflict. More than 6,000 jobs were at risk"​

Does that suggestion from Sturzy sound familiar? Perhaps similar to what Trump suggested for Gaza? Because, sure, pimping yourselves out for the "amusement" of foreign tourists, (who, for some reason, are going to travel to the end of the earth for amusement when they have so many other options so much closer), is a great substitute for the dignity of skilled labor.


On Tuesday, the announcements were made, Luis Galli, CEO of Newsan, one of the largest companies in the sector in the province, had stated that the measures to lower import costs cast doubt on the continued existence of industrial activity. "Businesses adapt according to the circumstances; we manufacture or import, depending on whether the Argentine economy opens or closes." But he added: "The problem is all those people who are working; the consequences are for them. And for the province, which will be very high: the electronics industry accounts for 35% of the Gross Domestic Product of the province of Ushuaia."

35% of the GDP of the whole damn province. And the Milei regime has just booted that into the shitcan. Think about it.

 

[FrankPintor]

"Instead of building industry, Sturzenegger suggested the Fuegians turn the island into 'a world-class amusement park.' The elimination of tariffs on cell phone imports sparked the conflict. More than 6,000 jobs were at risk"​

On Tuesday, the announcements were made, Luis Galli, CEO of Newsan, one of the largest companies in the sector in the province, had stated that the measures to lower import costs cast doubt on the continued existence of industrial activity. "Businesses adapt according to the circumstances; we manufacture or import, depending on whether the Argentine economy opens or closes." But he added: "The problem is all those people who are working; the consequences are for them. And for the province, which will be very high: the electronics industry accounts for 35% of the Gross Domestic Product of the province of Ushuaia."

Sturznegger effortlessly comes across as an arrogant, entitled porteño. Maybe the Fuegians should return to living in caves and running around naked except for animal skins for his gratification

Perhaps it's worth noting that, while a lot of the industry down there would be assembly work, over time more sophisticated expertise has been accumulated, to the extent that there were serious proposals to fabricate own-design low-cost 5G mobile phones last year. Low-cost is obviously not going to happen now. Also, based on what happens at other locations with big "anchor" companies, an ecosystem of specialist supplier companies evolves over time. That's a lot of expertise to lose overnight.