While the private sector adjusts to the massive local tax hikes, each legislator costs an extra $18 million in per diems, tributes, and perks
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Córdoba Legislature closed 2025 with a level of spending that is obscene for the taxpayer who pays taxes here. Official reports reveal that the Unicameral allocated more than $ 1.300 millones to budget items that have no real justification.
The breakdown of figures indicates that each of the 70 legislators cost the province about $ 18 millones in very superfluous expenses. Far from the austerity that society demands, the representatives didn't spare any luxuries paid with money from the local productive sector.
This waste adds to the already bloated salaries and demonstrates a total disconnection from the economic reality of ordinary citizens. The accountability reports show invoices for ridiculous items that demonstrate the use of the State as a fund for their own privileges.
El rubro de combustibles y lubricantes fue uno de los más onerosos alcanzando la friolera suma de $ 428.719.776 durante todo el año 2025.
The per diem and free fuel festival
The fuel and lubricants category was one of the most onerous, reaching the staggering sum of $ 428.719.776 throughout 2025. The legislators submitted thousands of gas and toll receipts to justify movements that often have no real work-related purpose.
Hacemos Unidos por Córdoba's ruling party leads the ranking of discretionary expenses by taking advantage of its majority to use public resources. Auditors have detected reimbursements for dinners in luxury restaurants that are cynically passed off as expenses inherent to legislative activity.
Transportation was not far behind either, with an outlay of $ 376,7 millones on air and ground tickets for politicians and their VIP advisers. Many of these tickets are handed out discretionally to third parties to engage in political patronage financed with Córdoba residents' money.
Los informes oficiales revelan que la Unicameral destinó más de $ 1.300 millones a partidas que no tienen ninguna justificación real.
Costly tributes and luxury cafeteria
The obsession with plaques and medals cost the province $ 335,9 millones in a festival of self-praise and unnecessary courtesies today. The invoices show massive purchases of trophies and flags from recurring suppliers who live exclusively off selling to the local State.
The cafeteria and food service added another $ 172 millones so that the legislators could enjoy coffee and pastries completely free of charge. While Córdoba residents struggle to fill their refrigerators, their representatives spend millions on pastries and soft drinks inside the official chamber.
The 2026 Budget promises a reduction in these budget items but citizens' distrust is absolute toward a political class that doesn't tighten its belt. The political spending spree in the Unicameral exposes the urgent need to audit every peso that comes out of taxpayers' pockets.
El desglose de los números indica que cada uno de los 70 legisladores le costó a la provincia unos $ 18 millones en gastos muy superfluos.
