Faced with criticism from the opposition, Caputo was forceful with the social welfare figures: more than 100,000 jobs have been created, and although some of it is informal, the real wage measured by the CIPA (which includes overtime and bonuses) is already 3% above the levels of November 2023.
The Minister also sent a clear message to the prebendary bourgeoisie. He used the example of Fate, whose owner preferred to “hunt in the zoo” charging tires at exorbitant prices, as opposed to the patriotic attitude of Lumilagro, who decided to “compete” against international brands such as Stanley, achieving record sales and exports today.
“People paid those margins... that's what we don't want to see happen anymore,” said the Minister, celebrating that Argentines now have access to cell phones, computers and cars at competitive prices and with available credit.Finally, Luis Caputo dismissed any possibility of a return to the populist past, calling such rumors an “underestimation of people”.
“The Kuka risk is zero,” he said, after talking with non-Kirchner Peronist governors who refuse to return to the policies of “pickets and poverty managers”.With a growth projection of 20% for 2027 compared to 2023, and with elite investors such as Harold Hamm (the largest Shale producer in the United States) ) or Peter Thiel (co-founder of PayPal and Palantir) landing in the country, the Minister closed with a sentence that is already the mantra of the new economic cycle: “Today the risk is that of losing the opportunity to invest in the country that will grow the most for the next 30 years”. The model of freedom is not only solid; it's inevitable.
