“If you have to save, buy a small car (“un autito”), don’t buy any dollars». Who said this? Our failed Minister of Economy, the one who can’t wait to become our next President, cheeky Sergio Massa. Buy a car? Really? Now? Is he kidding? What a nerve! We can hardly buy a little petrol to keep our old cars going. Where does he live, I wonder. Besides, what if we could and chose to buy dollars? Is that forbidden too? Do we have to ask him for permission? Moreover, now he’s trying to get some votes raffling cars and household appliances. His “plan platita” sounds like a bribe, doesn’t it? Another underestimation. Is Massa aware of the gross inflation he’s responsible for? Doesn’t he know that nowadays the average Argentine can’t possibly make ends meet? “Masks are falling off”, Massa said. All except his. Actually, Sergio Massa keeps changing masks, chameleonic style. Man of many faces. The Great Pretender. Fortunately, last Sunday Chaco woke up, after decades of peronist feudalism. A new dawn? Hopefully …
Buenos Aires Times, September 23, 2023