Argentina’s President, Javier Milei, harshly criticized the welfare state and described social justice as “a matter of thieves” during an event at Fundación Faro, the center of far-right ideas, where he defended his economic program and called for deepening “the cultural battle” against the left.
“What will the leftists do when (the economy) starts to grow? They will say that this creates inequality. We must open the debate and tell them to their faces that social justice is a matter for thieves,” the president said during his speech on Monday.
Milei argued that the welfare state is not viable because “the private sector is suffering” and declared that the best public policy a government can implement is “reduce the state”while proposing that the very existence of the State responds to a failure of society to organize its conflicts.
The Argentine president defined as “professional vampires” and “permanent tramps” to those who do not agree with the ideas of his government and argued that “every centimeter gained to the left is a conquest of every human being who wants to live free again.”
During his speech, Milei defended the results of his economic program. He assured that His government eliminated the budget deficit and reduced taxesand claims that “twelve million people” have emerged from poverty, a figure questioned by unofficial economic observatories.
The head of state also mentioned the currency turbulence recorded in the run-up to the legislative elections in October, which he attributed to a “permanent speculative attack”. He maintained that, despite this scenario, “the program is valid today and Argentina is growing again.”
Milei also praised the management of the Ministry of Deregulation, led by Federico Sturzenegger, and the Ministry of Human Capital, led by Sandra Pettovello, to which he attributed the elimination of “poverty managers”in relation to the measures promoted against leaders and social organizations.
He also thanked Argentina’s “opening” to the world thanks to the current chancellor, Pablo Quirno, former Secretary of Finance, who participated in the negotiations of the extended facilities program signed in April with total disbursements of $20 billion, as well as in the dialogue with the United States government for the financial assistance agreed in October.
The president began his speech with words of solidarity with the Jewish community in Argentina and around the world following the shootings that occurred this Sunday in Sydney against people celebrating the first day of Hanukkah, which left at least 16 dead and 29 injured.
“Acts like these remind us of the importance of the cultural battle we are waging,” the president said.
Milei too congratulated the President-elect of Chile, José Antonio Kastafter his victory in the second round of Sunday’s presidential election, a result he interpreted as a sign of political change in Latin America.
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