While the country bleeds from austerity, deputies from La Libertad Avanza and their allies from the UCR, PRO, and provincial governors are preparing to meet this Wednesday from 12 noon. The goal: to give half approval to the Super RIGI, a regime of incentives for large investments that promises spectacular benefits for 30 years for the most powerful companies on the planet.
The image of the chamber will contrast sharply with Tuesday’s, when an attempt was made to initiate a motion of censure to oust Manuel Adorni as chief of staff. The same people who refuse to ask him for explanations for the non-compliance with university funding laws, the disability emergency, and the situation at Garrahan Hospital now sit down to give quorum to a law designed to suit mega-millionaires.
The Super RIGI expands and surpasses the initial version of the Bases Law. If that one was made for large mining corporations, this new one directly targets big tech. It is a regime for investments exceeding $1 billion in new or experimental activities, such as technological projects or strategic digital infrastructure.
Among the main candidates to benefit is Elon Musk, owner of Tesla. A week ago, YPF CEO Horacio Marin signed an agreement with Tesla to implement a fast-charging network and electromobility storage. A Tesla delegation is expected to visit Argentina in July to finalize details. Additionally, there is interest in installing a data center in Patagonia, associated with YPF and powered by Vaca Muerta gas, to develop artificial intelligence. Data centers, which consume enormous amounts of energy, are perfect candidates to enter as new industries under the Super RIGI.
Elon Musk has just become the first person to surpass a fortune of millions of millions of dollars, concentrating more wealth than the poorest 46% of the world (3.8 billion people). According to Oxfam, if Musk spent $1 million a day, it would take him 2,740 years to spend his fortune. Javier Milei’s Super RIGI is meant to lower his taxes and hand over the country.
Another mega-millionaire in the spotlight is Peter Thiel, founder of Palantir, a company dedicated to massive data analysis and artificial intelligence. Palantir has million-dollar contracts with the U.S. government for military and intelligence purposes, and even provided services for ICE’s persecution of immigrants. During Thiel’s visit to Argentina, Milei’s government made a mysterious announcement about a Digital Twin, which could fit as a new industry and benefit Palantir. Thiel has a fortune of $27.6 billion and is among the 100 richest in the world according to Forbes.
The session also seeks to approve payment to vulture funds for the 2001 megaswap debt. Meanwhile, teachers, nurses, doctors, children with cancer, and people with disabilities continue to wait for answers. For mega-millionaires, there is money, business, and handing over the country; for the people, only austerity and repression.
Para mí esto es un golazo de Milei, los genios como Musk y Thiel vienen a crear laburo mientras los zurdos se agarran la cabeza. 30 años de beneficios, me parece perfecto, a los kirchos se les quema la gorra de envidia. Vamos libertad carajo!
Para mí esto huele a entrega total. Milei le regala el país a Musk y Thiel mientras nos fugamos la guita. Viva la izquierda carajo! Estos gorilas venden la patria por 30 años de beneficios a los yankis.