The bitterest symbolic swallow suffered by President Javier Milei was his ignoring of the ruling party’s defeat in the Chamber of Deputies in funding national universities and disability pensions the setback that was observed when dealing with the controversial and bold “fiscal rule” project.
A parliamentary proposal whose ultimate aim was to prosecute to the fullest extent of the law, those politicians who enter public service and waste the resources of Argentines.
“Fiscal rule”: the government’s measure to punish politicians who waste money
This is not a minor issue in libertarian ideology, but it is one of the president’s most important proposals, which detests those politicians who spend too much.
During his presidential campaign and when The project did not convince anyone, it was postponed until the end of the session and at that moment some seats of the pro-government were vacant, as were those of some allies who had accompanied the entire session.
There was consensus on the Tax Innocence Project, which increases amounts for tax evasion crimes to allow for the use of saved dollars.
If fThe candidate for the position of national representative of the city of Buenos Aires, Javier Milei, recited from memory the thoughts of the pioneer of monetary theory and Nobel Prize winner in economics, Milton Friedman. “You can’t expect anything good from the government, there are four ways to spend money: you can spend your own money on someone else or on third parties, while you can do the same with other people’s money.” So it’s best to spend your own money on yourself. because you know what you want and how much it will cost you to earn it. This means that profit is maximized. Milei explained in the television studios.
“On the other hand, when you spend your own money on someone else, you minimize costs When you spend other people’s money on yourself, you fall into wastefulness. It follows that there is no worse way to spend money than to spend other people’s money on other people. Exactly what the state does. “Therefore, the bigger the state, the greater the waste and the less prosperity for the good Argentines,” Milei agreed with Friedman’s thoughts.
Under this premise, which became one of the main points of the La Libertad Avanza program, Milei tried, with little success, to persuade Lule and Martín Menem and their trusted leaders in Congress to impose sanctions a law that essentially imposes prison sentences on officials, lawmakers and central bank directors when there is a budget deficit.
Well, when the project was presented, many lawmakers smiled silently as they thought about the lack of enthusiasm with which such a project would be discussed, which tied their hands in front of the “boxes” of government offices, which caused some former presidents, such as Néstor Kirchner, a feeling of “ecstasy” when they looked at an armored safe.
The disregard with which the parliamentary initiative so longed for by the Milei brothers was received was evident in the empty benches that were scheduled to discuss the project on the night of December 18th. It wasn’t worth discussing and the project didn’t convince anyone. It was left until the end of the session and at that moment some seats of the pro-government as well as some allies who had accompanied the entire session were empty. Like the offended PRO who spoke of Martín Menem’s lack of codes due to a distribution of examiner positions.
The fiasco of the budget session, which once again insisted on the funding of universities and the ruling party was no longer able to veto this point, as well as on the funding of people with disabilities, without a judge deciding to intervene and pursue criminal proceedings for dereliction of duty by public officials, naturally pushed the issue of draft budget regulations into the background.
Why didn’t Javier Milei’s project advance in Congress?
In addition, some political analysts believed that the law was poorly drafted, poorly drafted, or contributed little. This final consideration was expressed: Guido Rangugni, Vice President of the Argentine Association of Budget and Public Finance (ASAP), for the Consider that The project “does not bring anything new” that is not already included in the current standards.
“This rule is more of an expression of a political decision that does not bring anything concretely new,” Rangugni explained. According to the budget expert, since this project is not a matter that requires a difficult majority of Congress for approval, another subsequent law that increases spending and contains an article specifying this is not the rule, said the budget expert, since it is not a matter that requires a difficult majority of Congress, but can also be adopted with a simple majority.
A law for today that could be repealed tomorrow with another, more expansive government.
For the constitutional lawyer Daniel Sabsay Javier Milei’s proposal “is nonsense, crazy. It is Congress that approves spending, that is why the budget is called the law of laws.”he explained, also expressing his objections to the possibility of limiting provincial debt, which contradicts the constitutionally enshrined federal system.
Dr. For his part, Rodrigo López Tais, constitutional lawyer, published in Commerce and Justice, an article pointing out that the Milei project “does not, strictly speaking, constitute a mere economic initiative.” “It is above all a political offensive that changes the constitutional order and ruthlessly expands the limits of state punitive power,” he analyzed.
In short, the project failed yesterday and, given the legislative fury caused by the failed game of Peronism of the North West to the detriment of the natural allies of the PRO and the radicals “with wigs”, everything indicates that it will be a long time before a proposal for punishment is presented again for those politicians who, with a spirit of caste and cashiers, waste the money of Argentine citizens.
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