The Kirchnerist plundering exposed

Lázaro Báez, the favorite front man of the Kirchner, has just been sentenced to pay more than 300 million dollars for money laundering in the "Ruta del Dinero K" case. This sentence serves as a reminder of the 16 years of Peronist-Kirchnerist government, a regime that orchestrated a systematic plan to plunder the public treasury, enriching a corrupt elite at the expense of an entire nation.

Billions diverted to offshore accounts, contracts with obscene overpricing, and a state captured by the Kirchner family and its network of complicit businessmen led to a ruined economy, with public debt tripled, runaway inflation that wiped out savings, and poverty that jumped from 25% to 50%, leaving millions of Argentines in destitution. Have we grasped the magnitude of the damage?

Youth without opportunities, retirees going hungry, and entire families condemned to misery while Cristina and her entourage enriched themselves with suitcases full of dirty dollars. It's time for us to be truly outraged.

Every day, Milei's government uncovers new scams. Through a resolution, the government of Alberto Fernández, Cristina Kirchner, and Sergio Massa devised a perverse mechanism to plunder workers, where, in just two years, they appropriated more than $180,000 million. Now, workers can use those surpluses to pay lower installments and ease their daily burden. One less "K scam" in the long list of thefts disguised as "progressive social policies," a cancer that Peronism normalized under the guise of “rights.”

In the face of this legacy of absolute destruction, Javier Milei's government emerges as a beacon of rational hope, anchored in non-negotiable principles such as fiscal balance. It is the only antidote to the cycles of utter failure that have plunged us into decline. For the first time in 123 years of history, a president achieves zero deficit after interest payments, resisting the temptation of easy populism so beloved by socialists to buy short-term votes.

This fiscal balance, which the 2026 Budget announced this week enshrines as a milestone, guarantees macroeconomic stability, predictable variables, and projected economic growth of 5% annually for the coming years. Because the President and his economic team rejected the path of electoral fraud, prioritizing the future of decent Argentines over the fleeting applause of subsidized masses.

August's numbers prove it: a primary surplus of $1,556,864 million and a financial surplus of $390,301 million. What is the secret? An iron discipline against the "Partido del Estado," that toxic coalition of entrenched bureaucrats, parasitic union leaders, and opportunistic politicians who relentlessly undermine the economic program.

The plan of the “Partido del Estado” is to sabotage everything so that impoverishing populism returns, with uncontrolled money printing and public spending as a drug. But Milei has another plan: to strictly maintain fiscal balance, with no exceptions, because it is the only way for the motley socialism, with its history of hyperinflations and defaults, never to return to plunder us again.

Because the fruits of implemented economic liberalism are undeniable and tangible in daily life. In the second quarter of 2025, GDP grew an impressive 6.3%, driven by a 32.1% investment boom and private consumption that rose 9.9%, making it possible to imagine in the near future a multitude of reactivated factories, bustling businesses, and families once again dreaming of progress.

In fact, mortgage loans skyrocketed by 2,444.7% year-on-year in August, allowing thousands of middle-class Argentines to finally access their own homes. Something unthinkable under Kirchnerism. The cost of construction, moreover, rose only 1.5% monthly, compared to 14.7% just two years ago, when inflation devoured real estate dreams. Meanwhile, the trade balance recorded a surplus of 1,402 million dollars. These are not cold statistics: they are transformed lives.

This government has eradicated endemic inflation, reduced poverty by 10% in one year, eliminated the roadblocks that paralyzed the country, and launched a frontal offensive against drug trafficking that flooded our streets. All this with a Central Bank that is capitalized for the first time in decades and without monetary issuance to finance deficits, ensuring that macro essentials remain strong, despite the attacks.

But the "dialogue-seeking" opposition doesn't rest in its dirty war. For a year and a half, they hysterically shouted about an alleged "governability pact" between Milei and Cristina, in operations aimed at delegitimizing change. However, it is enough to look at the votes in Congress to realize that it is they, the "moderates," who align themselves with Kirchnerism to topple the government in every key initiative. There is no precedent for such a planned and coordinated attack against a legitimate democratic mandate.

An entire system –militant media, corrupt unions, activist judges– relentlessly bombarding a plan that works. They hate it because it threatens their parasitic hegemony and their ability to live off the state. Argentina can't and must not return to the abyss of the past. This libertarian government represents the definitive break with that corrupt and impoverishing Kirchnerism. It is a pact with society that has an unwavering commitment to individual freedom, meritocratic prosperity, and a minimal state that enables development. 

Decent Argentines must defend this course tooth and nail. Fiscal balance is non-negotiable. Corruption must be eradicated at its root, with prison for the looters. Economic growth must be our course. The future calls us to action. Let us not let it slip away into the hands of those who stole our past. Let us build together a country where effort triumphs over clientelism and truth over populist lies.