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In a speech full of praise for the producers of the field and criticism of the administrations that “trampled” on it, President Javier Milei He promised to eliminate withholdings, lift the restrictions and lower the PAIS tax at the opening ceremony of The Rural where he attended with his cabinet. “This administration will always be on the side of the Argentine countryside and will not be intimidated by imported slogans that have nothing to do with our identity,” he said, while anticipating a reduction in taxes on meat.
Milei took the microphone after the speech of President of the Rural Society, Nicolás Pinowho celebrated the presence of the president at the ceremony and assured that the countryside has patience with the government, but demanded the removal of withholdings and asked that the exchange rate restrictions be lifted. “Producers need the certainty that it will eliminate withholdings“If we continue working it is because we trust your government,” he said.
Opening of the Rural Expo 2024 with the presence of President Javier MileiFabián Marelli – LA NACION
Although the President thanked him for his patience in an event filled with applause and assured him that “the reforms are on the way,” he also stressed that his administration does not seek to rush in the face of pressure. “No one is as eager as we are to get out of this disastrous model where the State, between withholdings and restrictions, expropriates 70% of what the countryside produces. But we must also know that removing the patches without first solving the underlying problem is a waste of time.” It would aggravate the crisis we inherited.. That’s why, We don’t care how much pressure there is or where it comes from.us We are not going to rush demagogically. We will respect the achievement of macroeconomic balance and we will advance as it is achieved,” Milei explained.
In this regard, he criticized the pressures he received during the discussion of the Ley Bases for the retentions to be shared. “There was enormous pressure to share the retentions. However, we remained stoic, we did not give in an inch and the retentions remain in the hands of the Executive, which is why They will be able to be eliminated and that is my commitment.“, he said. He also stressed that they would lower the PAIS tax to 7.5% in September and eliminate it in December.
The President thus anticipated “the elimination of 25% of DEXs [retenciones] to animal protein [carnes], that affects the sector transversally.” “We are going to de-bureaucratize grain trade, eliminating the need to register in the RUCA (an official registry to operate). We are going to indefinitely extend the elimination of DEXs to the dairy sector.]he listed. He had previously referred to the elimination of withholdings on cows in categories A, B, C, D and E. [categorías para todos los mercados]. Today, beef is subject to a 9% export duty, pork 5% and whole chicken and its cuts 9%. The Government had recently extended the non-payment of taxes on milk for a year.
The president pointed out against past administrations for speaking of the agro-export model “in a pejorative way” and stated that “the process of national economic decline began when politicians turned their backs on the agricultural sector.” “Instead of paying the countryside fairly for what it had done for the country, politics punished it with taxes, abusing the wealth it generated to finance its dirigiste adventures,” he said and stressed: “They promised that it was to industrialize the country, that they had to help them compete with imported manufactures, accompanied by an incessant process of defamation of the agricultural sector”.
Opening of the Rural Expo 2024 with the presence of President Javier Milei. Together with Vice President Victoria Villarruel. Both drink mateFabián Marelli – LA NACION
He pointed out the “leaders and opinion makers” who “spoke ill of agriculture, calling them everything from oligarchs to lackeys.” “After 100 years, this sustainable industrialization never ended up happening and was revealed to be a true chimera. Instead of turning us into the country they promised, They squandered all the wealth we had accumulated and plunged us into misery. until hitting rock bottom in December of last yeargiving us a country where 7 out of 10 children under 14 are poor,” he said.
The President praised agricultural producers and criticized those who maintain that the way to grow is to “trample on the countryside” and that the economy is a “zero-sum game where for one to win the other must lose.” “This savagery can only be the result of the mind of a socialist or madmanwhich is another way of referring to socialists. There is no contradiction between field and industry“, held.
“It is an undeniable truth that the happiest days in Argentine history They were the happiest in the history of the countrysideand that the saddest days were the hardest times for agricultural activity,” he said, adding: “We are standing on the shoulders of giants. Cultivating the soil is serving the country. Working the land to raise livestock are ancestral and vital tasks.”
Opening of the Rural Expo 2024 with the presence of President Javier MileiFabián Marelli – LA NACION
He also said that there was “a lot of intellectual dishonesty in the public discussion” and that there are myths about the countryside, such as that it does not generate employment. “Some enlightened people rant against the technological advances in the countryside and want to return to Precambrian agriculture.” to feel good about themselves from an air-conditioned apartment in the heart of Recoleta“He replied. “It is also not true that agricultural production is harmful to the environment. And if it were, poverty and hunger would be infinitely more harmful“, he added.
Milei celebrated that on July 9th “the most basic truth” was ratified by signing the May Pact, and emphasized: “Trading with the world is good, not bad, and the more open we are to trade, the better off we will all be, not worse off. Trade has never ruined anyone. A closed economy only serves to help the friends of power sell lower quality products at a higher price.”
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