More in spent in subsidies to Aerolineas Argentinas than in basic education

Faced with the dollar instability, the authorities announced their intention to revise economic subsidies. Apart from being a delayed response, the initiative was put as a threat to those who seek to protect their savings by buying dollars instead of a fair and rational policy in the allocation of public funds. The general rule should be that tariffs are in line with the costs of public services. In parallel, it is needed to implement social tariffs so that poor households in the whole country (not just those living in Buenos Aires) will be the only ones receiving subsidies.

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