Ricardo Buryaile: “The tax burden on the countryside has to do with an ideological question”

Ricardo Buryaile, national deputy and former Minister of Agro-industry of the Nation during the presidency of Mauricio Macri, was in the cycle Democracy and developmentorganized by Clarín, where he participated in the table “Policies for the promotion of the sector”.

“The tax burden that arises in the agricultural sector It has to do more with an ideological question than with a question of practicality “, manifested. And he added that another problem is the division of the currency.

The former official participated in the second part of the meeting dedicated to the debate on whether the country could be the supermarket of the world, since the campaign is the main currency generator in the country. This already places him at the center of the political debate and of the economic and fiscal discussion.

Entrepreneurs from some of the most representative industries in the sector participated in this segment: Roberto Urquía, from Aceitera General Deheza; Martín Otero Monsegur, of Citrícola San Miguel; Adolfo Storni, of Extraberries; Ignacio Noel, of Morixe; and Alejandro Vigil, from the Catena Zapata winery.

“The state must recognize and take into account the fact that the simplest thing it does is collect export duties, not to mention sharing the exchange rate,” he added.

Furthermore, he expressed his concern about the increase in poverty and destitution in Argentina; for the production stagnation of the last decade and for the export rights that deprive the governors of the provinces from autonomy.

“Argentina must define what its future will be, Will we be inside a capitalist system yes or no? I mean capitalist seriously, because sometimes you see that when you enter a capitalist system it means private property, competition, international trade and sometimes I think we are reneging on this as a country, “he added.

Descendant of a family of French origin dedicated to agro-zootechnical production established in northern Argentina, Buryaile is 59 years old and graduated in public accountant from the Catholic University of Argentina.

Between 2009 and 2015 he was national deputy of Formosa representing the Radical Civic Union, from that last year and until the end of 2017 as Minister of Agro-industry of the Nation during the presidency of Mauricio Macri.

He returned to the National Congress in 2019 as a Formosa deputy from Together for Change.

The cycle Democracy and development We will continue with the tables on the other productive sectors that can boost the country’s growth through the generation of exports, foreign currency and employment: oil, energy, mining and industry.