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The government has crossed the line
What is a retention tax?
Picture this, one day the government comes into your industry (remember we re an agriculture country) and says "hey, you re making money! Ill take 35% of your gross sales, then, after that, ill put 21 of VAT and all other taxes I do normally".. how would you feel?
Government has crossed the line. Over the past 20 years, the country has turn it's back to the agriculture+longhorn. They never given any kind of subsides, and litteraly almost killed productors of raw goods in the country, making them on their own
Now that the dollar is high and exports bring good money to that sector, 4 or more years ago, ex president and husband of Christian Fernandez de Kirchner, Nestor Kirchner started putting this "retention" tax to the agriculture-longhorn section. As years gone by, this retention has started to grow.. 20%..30%..35%..and now reaching astronomical numbers of 45%..
What the government seems not to understand, is that this meassure affects not only the rich and wealthy who has land, but also the small peasants, the people who live of that, who live in the country.. who live outside the city, outside the big cities.. id say, a big piece of the country, geografically, enormous
Moreover, there is yet no proof what is good for taking that money from the sector. There is no turnback to people, streets arent better, roads arent better, nothing is done.. Probably another pocket money for the polititian class
The agricultural sector of Argentina has decided to call on a strike after taking months and even years of abuse and has called this strike
The government said, in the worst kind of haughtiness and pride comment today:
"i will not let anyone extortion me"
"this is the strike of the abundance"
"this is almost a comedy act"
What was the result of these words?
A suddent outburst of people, grabbing their saucepan spontaneously and banging it for more than 4 hours.
A strike march was planned by around 9.30-10 pm..
President's speech was 2 hours earlier.. as soon as she stopped speaking, people went on the streets, and started gathering together and smashing saucepans, and whisling all over the city..and moreover all over the country simultaneously
I live in Buenos Aires, the capital city, and I can tell the city was full of this energy.. unbelievable..
Without thinking my whole family was suddenly on the streets marching towarss the pink house ..
We stayed until 10.30 pm (from around 8pm) marching and supporting this cause..
When I got back home, I was horrorized to find out on TV, a sindicalist and Piqueteer (some thug bully race of people who have the habit of blocking streets and ask for sometimes valuable things but in the worst possible way , with violence and spraypainting and vandalism) called Luis D'Elia -i believe- was sent to repress this people calling an anti-march with their thugs
People -actually families, babies, old people, old ladies mostly, all peaceful- from the march had to get out of the place running because this thugs paid by the government came and started looking forward to clashing against us.
They did get the ones on the tale of the march, and some where even injured.. This D'elia was caught on tv punching someone..
Really really disgraceful
and this is only the tip of the iceberg of what had gone tonight in my country...
I didnt want to overflow it.. but, I just needed to let everybody know what is really going on in my country, I know many others argentinian can and would add a lot of info
Let's all stay together and support the farms of our countries!!
SAY NO TO BULLISM!! NO TO CHRISTINA KIRCHNER AND LUIS D'ELIA!
YES TO THE PEOPLE FROM OUR COUNTRY! THE TRUE PEOPLE!
Kirchner's matrimony and Argentinian's Government has put over a 30-45% retention to export agriculture goods.
What is a retention tax?
Picture this, one day the government comes into your industry (remember we re an agriculture country) and says "hey, you re making money! Ill take 35% of your gross sales, then, after that, ill put 21 of VAT and all other taxes I do normally".. how would you feel?
Government has crossed the line. Over the past 20 years, the country has turn it's back to the agriculture+longhorn. They never given any kind of subsides, and litteraly almost killed productors of raw goods in the country, making them on their own
Now that the dollar is high and exports bring good money to that sector, 4 or more years ago, ex president and husband of Christian Fernandez de Kirchner, Nestor Kirchner started putting this "retention" tax to the agriculture-longhorn section. As years gone by, this retention has started to grow.. 20%..30%..35%..and now reaching astronomical numbers of 45%..
What the government seems not to understand, is that this meassure affects not only the rich and wealthy who has land, but also the small peasants, the people who live of that, who live in the country.. who live outside the city, outside the big cities.. id say, a big piece of the country, geografically, enormous
Moreover, there is yet no proof what is good for taking that money from the sector. There is no turnback to people, streets arent better, roads arent better, nothing is done.. Probably another pocket money for the polititian class
The agricultural sector of Argentina has decided to call on a strike after taking months and even years of abuse and has called this strike
The government said, in the worst kind of haughtiness and pride comment today:
"i will not let anyone extortion me"
"this is the strike of the abundance"
"this is almost a comedy act"
What was the result of these words?
A suddent outburst of people, grabbing their saucepan spontaneously and banging it for more than 4 hours.
A strike march was planned by around 9.30-10 pm..
President's speech was 2 hours earlier.. as soon as she stopped speaking, people went on the streets, and started gathering together and smashing saucepans, and whisling all over the city..and moreover all over the country simultaneously
I live in Buenos Aires, the capital city, and I can tell the city was full of this energy.. unbelievable..
Without thinking my whole family was suddenly on the streets marching towarss the pink house ..
We stayed until 10.30 pm (from around 8pm) marching and supporting this cause..
When I got back home, I was horrorized to find out on TV, a sindicalist and Piqueteer (some thug bully race of people who have the habit of blocking streets and ask for sometimes valuable things but in the worst possible way , with violence and spraypainting and vandalism) called Luis D'Elia -i believe- was sent to repress this people calling an anti-march with their thugs
People -actually families, babies, old people, old ladies mostly, all peaceful- from the march had to get out of the place running because this thugs paid by the government came and started looking forward to clashing against us.
They did get the ones on the tale of the march, and some where even injured.. This D'elia was caught on tv punching someone..
Really really disgraceful
and this is only the tip of the iceberg of what had gone tonight in my country...
I didnt want to overflow it.. but, I just needed to let everybody know what is really going on in my country, I know many others argentinian can and would add a lot of info
Let's all stay together and support the farms of our countries!!
SAY NO TO BULLISM!! NO TO CHRISTINA KIRCHNER AND LUIS D'ELIA!
YES TO THE PEOPLE FROM OUR COUNTRY! THE TRUE PEOPLE!
