Defending Javier Milei Against New York Times' Hostility
The article critiques Roger Cohen's negative portrayal of Javier Milei in the New York Times. It highlights Milei's significant achievements in reducing inflation and poverty rates in Argentina. Despite these successes, Cohen seems intent on undermining Milei's accomplishments, possibly due to ideological differences regarding government size.
- ▪Javier Milei has reduced inflation from over 200 percent to 32 percent annually.
- ▪He has produced a budget surplus in a country that has faced deficits for 110 of the last 123 years.
- ▪The official poverty rate in Argentina has been nearly halved from 54 percent to 28.2 percent.
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Roger Cohen hates and detests Javier Milei, and all that he stands for. The New York Timesman acknowledges that the President of Argentina has “cut inflation to 32 percent from over 200 percent annually; and produced a budget surplus in a country where, in 110 of the last 123 years, there was a deficit.” He concedes that “Milei inherited a 54 percent poverty rate” and that “the official poverty rate has been almost halved to 28.2 percent,” although he casts aspersions on the accuracy of that latter statistic. This man is practically a miracle worker. Yet, Mr. Cohen is determined to drag him into the mud. Why? I speculate that he views Milei's success as a rejection of the bigger government that Cohen has long been comfortable with. Read Full Article »
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