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Argentinian President Javier Milei touted his administration's achievement of balancing the budget on Wednesday as observers called on billionaire Elon Musk to do the same thing for the U.S. via President-elect Trump's "DOGE" program.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) revealed data showing a drastic turnaround, starting in 2023, in Argentina's budget balance in relation to its GDP. The nation's deficit has reached effectively zero for the first time in over 100 years. Musk and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy are set to lead the Department of Government Efficiency under the next administration.

"The deficit was the root of all our evils—without it, there’s no debt, no emission, no inflation," Milei said in a Wednesday announcement. "Today, we have a sustained fiscal surplus, free of default."

"Without a deficit there is no debt, no issuance and no inflation. Today we have sustained fiscal surpluses, free of default, for the first time in 123 years," he added.

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Musk and Ramaswamy are tasked with auditing the U.S. executive branch and trimming wasteful spending. The DOGE is an out-of-government organization, however, and does not hold any authority on its own. The organization will instead provide recommendations to President-elect Trump's administration, which can be acted up accordingly.

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DOGE is already receiving support from Republicans in Congress. Sen. Marsha Blackburn will roll out a package of legislation backing up the effort as Republican lawmakers launch legislative efforts to rally behind the cost-cutting goals.

A chart of Argentina's general government net lending-to-borrowing shows a balanced budget in 2024, with estimated surpluses expected through 2029. (Fox News Digital)

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The Tennessee Republican announced her plans to unveil the "DOGE Acts" in a post on X last week. They would seek to move federal agencies out of Washington, D.C., freeze federal hiring and salaries for one year, and get federal workers back in the office.

Along with Blackburn's legislative plans, Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate's DOGE Caucus, unveiled a 60-page cost-cutting proposal during a meeting with GOP senators and Ramaswamy on Thursday. Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will push recommendations on how to trim down the federal government.

The DOGE efforts have already gained bipartisan support from Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., joining the House's GOP-led congressional caucus. Ahead of the meeting with Congress, Musk was asked whether he wanted Democratic members to be part of DOGE conversations, to which he was heard answering, "Yes."

On taking power, Milei implemented a series of austerity measures, including slashing energy and transportation subsidies, laying off tens of thousands of government workers, freezing public infrastructure projects and imposing wage and pension freezes below inflation

It has been brutal. Unemployment has climbed, economic activity has declined and poverty has surged.

But now signs have emerged that Argentina’s bizarre and long mismanaged economy is starting to look a little more normal.

Monthly inflation has plummeted, bonds have rallied and the closely watched gap between the black market dollar and the official rate has shrunk as much as 44%. Argentina's country-risk index, an influential measure of the risk of default, is at its lowest point in five years

Racoon:
Argentina's Milei eliminates deficit, hailed as model for Musk's 'DOGE'Argentinian President Javier Milei has dropped to nation's deficit to zero



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FreeStuffsNG:
Smh. This is falsehood

FreeStuffsNG:
Smh. This is falsehood. Fox is the equivalent of fake news platform in Nigeria.
That country called Argentina is in deep mess so much that it's public service is in utter mess.

SouthSouth1914:
This man came onboard same time as Tinubu. One has took his country out of a mess, and the other thrown his country into a bottomless hole of misery.

FreeStuffsNG:
Smh. This is falsehood. Fox is the equivalent of fake news platform in Nigeria.
That country called Argentina is in deep mess so much that it's public service is in utter mess.

Racoon:
This is how countries with responsibly and accountable elected leadership stear their countries to greatness.

FreeStuffsNG:
Smh. This is falsehood. Fox is the equivalent of fake news platform in Nigeria.
That country called Argentina is in deep mess so much that it's public service is in utter mess.