Javier Milei once again criticized Victoria Villarruel, insulted Axel Kicillof and assured that Argentina is “in deflation”

Milei had an extensive interview tonight with Alejandro Fantino in which he expanded on economics and, in particular, the influence of John Maynard Keynes at a global level. “The theory he built is based on what politicians want to hear. That’s why it was successful. If things go well, it’s because of them. If things go wrong, it’s someone else’s fault.”said.

Next, the libertarian economist continued his questioning of the well-known General Theory of Keynes. Although he described it as “a bright book from how it destroys the previous analysis”, he did not hesitate to assure that “it is a work of evil put at the service of politicians jets, messianic and corrupt.” “You did a lot of damage to the world”, he remarked in dialogue with the Neura streaming channel.

Following that line, he gave another example with local politics. “Kirchnerism made populism with energy prices. And it paid the fiscal deficit with monetary issue. Back then, energy was cheap. When you were going to buy an air conditioner, did you buy one with 1500 frigories? ‘Come on, shit. Buy one for 4500 frigories,’ you thought. TONow you generated a fiscal deficit, you financed it with monetary issuance and then came the chaos in prices“, said.

And he recalled the former head of the BCRA during the government of Mauricio Macri, Javier González Fraga. “I also remember when He said during Mauricio Macri’s government that ‘previous consumption was fictitious.’ No, it was not fictional. Go explain to the guy who used it that it was a lie. No, what they were doing was eating up the capital. They were trying to get one guy off so the other guy would go away. And while the other guy was having fun in Europe, they executed you. That is social justice and income redistribution. And then they tell you ‘we were better with Cristina’. Yes. You ate the capital. That is why since 2011 we have not grown more,” he concluded.

Javier Milei assured that Argentina is in deflation

That, he stated, was the catalyst for his arrival in the Government: the application of Keynesianism. And the output of that model is with adjustment. “They said that if we made a 15-point adjustment to GDP, it would plunge the economy into the largest recession in history. However, we hit the bottom in March and then we came out like a diver’s fart.”he continued.

There he referred to the reaction of economists to his projections when he announced that activity was going to recover after the adjustment. “They made me laugh. When I talked about the V-rebound they also made me laugh. They told me that this was an L, the Nike pipe said an idiot. It happens that today it is an accent. Give it,” he continued.

Regarding the size of the state cut and the monetary base, Milei said: “If you look closely, we have made the largest fiscal adjustment in humanity. In the first month of government we made an adjustment to the treasury, we recomposed pensions and provided social support. The problem is the State, not the solution. We made pro-market structural reforms and won 70 positions in economic freedoms”.

And he referred to his model to stop the exponential rise in prices. “To stop inflation what I said: I need to stop the monetary issue. What did I do? I cut off the monetary issue. From having 54% monthly wholesale, the latest data is 1.4%. If the rest is induced by the crawling peg more international inflation, we are in negative 1%. We are in deflation wholesaler,” he assured.

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Milei questioned Victoria Villarruel again

In another passage of the interview he referred to politics, telling those who “have to work,” and questioned the increase in senators. “They raise their hand, they raise their diet and they invent the bonus. They did it twice. And then we have an imposter (Francisco Paoltroni) who spoke of principles and we had to throw him out,” he repudiated.

When asked whether Vice President Victoria Villarruel could roll back the increases in the Upper House, Milei once again showed her differences with her running mate. “She says she can’t do anything. I don’t know, Martín (Menem) did…cut a lot of their privileges. What do I know? I’m not in that chair. “I’m in the electric chair.”he compared.

Then, when resuming the discussion about Keynesianism, socialism and the free market, he took the opportunity to shoot against Nicolás Maduro, whom he described as a “later stage” of Kirchnerism. “Maduro is the stage after what Kirchnerism takes you. Chávez’s entire stage is the same as Kirchnerism and the last part was on the way to radicalization in control. Look how hard it is to remove Maduro: he lost the elections and yet he does not recognize the results,” he concluded.

Javier Milei’s definitions of poverty and the role of the State

Milei also spoke about poverty and the social situation of the most vulnerable. “We reduced public spending by 15 points of GDP Do you know what was the strongest tool to reduce poverty?” he asked Fantino and he responded: “Lower inflation. “There are 15 points of GDP.” “We stopped scamming people with the inflation tax. The one who benefits the most is the one who has the least. That’s why it went down,” he added.

He also referred to public spending aimed at covering economic deficiencies in vulnerable sectors. “Basically the poverty managers were busy (spending). What did we do? We kicked them out.

And he explained why, despite his rejection of the State, he still carries out public welfare policies for the poorest. “You have to provide assistance because these people are victims of criminal politicians. As long as you still have the State and there are people with these problems, you will continue to assist them. Many of the poor are victims of Kirchnerism. You are repairing the damage that politics did. You do it by creating more market. Is it better to have a plan or have a job? Have a job. We provided work, we lowered inflation and social assistance,” he reaffirmed.

Then he spoke about the anarcho-capitalist utopia and the end of the State: “Philosophically I am anarcho-capitalist. In real life I am minarchist. I found myself in an elephant state and I’m shrinking it. I took it to 2007 levels already.” And, when asked if it is possible to transfer the model globally, he said: “With three people, six dogs and three toothpicks we beat the system. Karina Milei, Santiago Caputo, Conan, Murray, Milton, Robert, Lukas and Aaron, plus Javier Milei and three toothpicks, beat the system“.

Along these lines, he also insisted that he will promote new free trade agreements of Mercosur and also a trade agreement between Argentina and the US. There the interviewer raised concerns about the protectionist stance of Donald Trump, but Milei retorted: “That’s a lie. donald trump It is not protectionist. Use the trade policy as a mechanism of political negotiation”. And he announced that from the team economic of the future president already gave the ok: “Trump’s spokesperson confirmed it.”

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At the end of the interview, they presented the president with the sword of the Thundercats, known as the sword of Leono either “Sword of Omen.” The president, happy for the gift, thanked: “This goes to Sturzenegger so he can cut phase two of the chainsaw.” And he concluded with a message to the Argentines: “General San Martín already said it. Let’s be free, the rest doesn’t matter at all. If we are free, as we plan, we are going to be the richest country in the world.”