Comments on: Mitt Offers His Sage Advice http://www.uspoliticalscene.com/2009/02/mitt-offers-his-sage-advice/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mitt-offers-his-sage-advice A right of center view of American politics Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:00:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jared http://www.uspoliticalscene.com/2009/02/mitt-offers-his-sage-advice/comment-page-1/#comment-643 Jared Mon, 09 Feb 2009 04:45:55 +0000 http://www.uspoliticalscene.com/?p=223#comment-643 Thanks for the great comment. You know a lot more about Argentinian economic than I do. :) Thanks for the great comment. You know a lot more about Argentinian economic than I do. :)

]]> By: Quantumleap42 http://www.uspoliticalscene.com/2009/02/mitt-offers-his-sage-advice/comment-page-1/#comment-641 Quantumleap42 Sat, 07 Feb 2009 17:57:36 +0000 http://www.uspoliticalscene.com/?p=223#comment-641 I'm not an expert on Juan Perón or his policies but I have lived in Argentina and I have observed how they (the Argentines) deal and relate to government. Generally Argentines hold the attitude that government does all the (real) work and everyone else just lives their own lives making a meager living. Any significant commercial enterprise is usually associated with the government. There are a few rare exceptions where major commercial enterprises are not owned or "overseen" by the government but if there is ever any problem the people always turn to the government to fix it, and if the government won't (or can't) do it, then nobody does it. Now getting back to Juan Perón. This type of attitude, as far as I can tell, comes from Perón and the Perónistas. Not all Argentines think this way but the governing majority do. Part of the conflict going on right now in Argentina stems from the fact that the Perónista government wants to control industry and "redistribute" the wealth that "belongs to all Argentina", while the minority who are opposed to this want more of the "invisible hand of the market" to fix things. So if people want to know the impact of policies like the current Democratic stimulus package, then they should look at the state and culture of Argentina to see the impact that these type of policies have had. After taking a good look then we can see if that is the type of society that we want. Personally I do not want that type of society as it truly restricts freedom and prevents governments and people in general from solving problems. It gives the power to solve problems to one group of people and they rarely have the will or impetus to solve the problem and solve it completely. I’m not an expert on Juan Perón or his policies but I have lived in Argentina and I have observed how they (the Argentines) deal and relate to government. Generally Argentines hold the attitude that government does all the (real) work and everyone else just lives their own lives making a meager living. Any significant commercial enterprise is usually associated with the government. There are a few rare exceptions where major commercial enterprises are not owned or “overseen” by the government but if there is ever any problem the people always turn to the government to fix it, and if the government won’t (or can’t) do it, then nobody does it.

Now getting back to Juan Perón. This type of attitude, as far as I can tell, comes from Perón and the Perónistas. Not all Argentines think this way but the governing majority do. Part of the conflict going on right now in Argentina stems from the fact that the Perónista government wants to control industry and “redistribute” the wealth that “belongs to all Argentina”, while the minority who are opposed to this want more of the “invisible hand of the market” to fix things.

So if people want to know the impact of policies like the current Democratic stimulus package, then they should look at the state and culture of Argentina to see the impact that these type of policies have had. After taking a good look then we can see if that is the type of society that we want. Personally I do not want that type of society as it truly restricts freedom and prevents governments and people in general from solving problems. It gives the power to solve problems to one group of people and they rarely have the will or impetus to solve the problem and solve it completely.

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