Reply #1: The Fernandez gov't is WRONG on this

[Runcible Spoon]

45% export tax is ridiculous even by strong central govt socialist standards. I'm in BA now, there's no meat and by tomorrow probably no milk. The gov't taxes the fuck out of everything imported and exported, which was necessary during the rebuilding period, but it's not like US agribusiness. A lot of these farmers and ranchers are small independent operations. The people here are largely behind the farmers, FWIW. A lot of aging Argentines can't afford the astronomical rise in food prices and this govt has done little to address that. Just bc Christina is a popular, romantic leader doesn't mean the people will put up with this. Unlike our country, ppl speak, strike, and are heard, even if they voted for her to begin with.