“Toto, I know you”: The mayor of Lanús crossed Caputo to collect taxes and food

The confrontation was between the head of the Finance Palace, Luis “Toto” Caputoand the mayor of Lanús, Julian Alvarez. The exchange revolved around the impact of municipal tariffs on prices. The municipal leader accused the official of promoting “hunger politics” and initiated: ““Toto, I know you”, cover a famous slogan.

On a map published by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, municipal tariffs are divided into five categories, including “supermarkets”. Entering this article in the province of Buenos Aires Lanús appears in red as the one who earns the most, 6%.

After the map was shared, Caputo reposted a message from a user who had asked questions Julian Alvarez: “He introduced you to Julián Álvarez, mayor of Lanús (PJ). As you can see, he steals 6% of the food from the poor of Lanús.” But the libertarian official also added: “The ‘progressives’ are responsible for advancing themselves and their friends, at the expense of those who have less“.

The answer then came from Álvarez, who used the slogan of the Coto hypermarket chain. “Minister, Serial debtors and social hungerI am a Peronist. My desire is to change the lives of every Lanusense and I work every day to reduce the damage you cause by governing and adapting to every family in Argentina. I do this despite the severe exoneration to which we are subjected, both to Lanús and to all municipalities,” wrote the mayor of La Cámpora.

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“Since you want to talk about food, I tell you that in these two years the food rations that we cover in our neighborhoods from the municipality have doubled due to their hunger policies,” the municipal leader added.

And he concluded: “Toto, don’t forget that.” I know you. And the most important thing is that my neighbors in Lanús do the same. If you care so much about the people of Lanús, I suggest that you send Lanús some of the dollars you and your friends are fleeing from, instead of standing up for those who take everything and tweet nonsense.

This Saturday, the response of the Minister of Economy arrived in virtual harassment mode to the Mayor of Lanús: “You have more answers than you like. I’m not very skilled in X, but I’ve never seen this before…”

The conflict erupted in September last year when Lanús implemented the increase and the supermarkets passed it on to their prices. “The residents of Lanús, suffering from the inefficiency of their mayor, pay higher prices than in other municipalities. Well, the supermarkets declare that the price increase is only in Lanús,” Caputo published at the time.

At that moment, Mayor Álvarez responded: “The decision I made in Lanús not only benefited the more than 500 food retailers in the neighborhood, served to highlight the lobbying work you do on behalf of business groups How much more do your friends want to earn? While the national government is asking provinces and municipalities to adapt and people to make sacrifices, the Minister of Economy is fighting desperately for the profit margins of Coto and this country’s big businessmen. Pensioner for when?

The tariff for hypermarkets in the municipalities of the province

The hypermarket tariff is currently levied in 35 of the 135 districts of Buenos Aires Province. Lanús is the municipality with the highest proportion at 6%.

Pilar follows with 4.5%; Quilmes with 3.74%; Lomas de Zamora, Escobar and Bahía Blanca with 2.7%.

Moreno achieved 2.6%; La Plata 2.5% and San Martín 2.2%. Libertarian districts such as Vicente López and San Isidro are also on the list today with 1.5%.

The person who earns the least is President Perón with 0.30%. In Merlo, however, it increases from 0.40% to 1.20%; in Tres de Febrero from 0.50% to 0.925%; in San Miguel from 0.50% to 1.50%; in Morón from 0.30% to 1.40%; in Ezeiza from 0.90% to 1.20%; in Hurlingham from 0.98% to 1.44%.