Argentina’s President Javier Milei is rapidly becoming one of my heroes. He’s what we so desperately need here: an actual, by-gosh small-government advocate willing to come in and swing a meat axe to chop down excessive government. In his latest move, he announced the dissolution of Argentina’s existing tax bureau, which will be replaced by a smaller, more efficient agency.
Argentina’s government has announced it will dissolve its current tax bureau and replace it with a new “simplified” agency, cutting a third of jobs in the process.
In a statement, President Javier Milei’s government confirmed the closure of the Administración Federal de Ingresos Públicos (AFIP) and the creation of the Agencia de Recaudación y Control Aduanero (ARCA).
The new entity will maintain AFIP’s current dual role of overseeing tax collection and customs monitoring.
More than 3,000 AFIP agents who joined during former president Alberto Fernández’s 2019-2023 government will be laid off as part of a 34 percent reduction of current staffing levels, said the statement.
This, readers, is what we small-government types refer to as “a good start.” The AFIP folks were quick to react.
Elon Musk will do something similar if he gets the opportunity. Vote for Trump, the only way out of this downward spiral.