I sometimes joke about living in a libertarian fantasy world, maybe even a libertarian nation with a libertarian anthem.
Amazingly, that is basically what Argentina’s new president, Javier Milei, is trying to create.
At least the libertarian nation part. He has all sorts of proposals that I like, including smaller government, deregulation, and free trade.
But Articulo 209 is my favorite. He wants to prohibit the government from saying that goodies from the government are “free.”
Here’s a tweet describing his proposal.
I’ve talked to friends in Argentina. Articulo 209 has been proposed rather than passed.
Nonetheless, I’m tremendously impressed that President Milei is pushing the idea.
Truth in government would be an amazing development.
Maybe it could eventually spread to the United States!
P.S. I’ve had no success in trying to convince Washington politicians that they shouldn’t lie about the definition of a budget cut, so it’s probably a lost cause to get them to copy Milei.
