Numerous social groups, most of them subsidised by the government by the way, are demanding more social security payments under schemes such as Potenciar Trabajo, defined as the following on the government website:
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https://www.argentina.gob.ar/desarrollosocial/potenciartrabajo
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Its objective is to contribute to improving employment and generating new productive proposals through the development of socio-productive, socio-community, socio-labor projects and educational completion, in order to promote full social inclusion for people who are in situation of social and economic vulnerability.
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On 5th April, those people on this plan will receive $16,500 plus a $6000 bonus. As far as I understand it, they are complaining that what they receive falls below the minimum wage which today stands at around $40,000, rising to $47,850 by December, apparently. The question is, should social security meet minimum wage levels?
Bad comparison, but in the UK unemployment benefit was usually paid under the condition that you were seen to be actively looking for work, but I can't see that scenario being acceptable here.
But of course all this falls at a time when the IMF is asking the government to reduce public spending and we all know that that is the root of the in-fighting at the top. Public spending is higher now than it's ever been at over US$1 billion per year.
Is it fair to compare minimum wage to social security?
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