"Politicians have neglected the rights of retirees."

We work our whole lives. Some of us work for companies or the government. Others, buffeted by 70 years of economic ups and downs, working in the black, the white, or in independent professions. We all wanted to contribute to our retirement and live with dignity at the end of our lives. The vast majority decided to start a family when they were young.

This review focuses on the 7 million pension system retirees. It also focuses on those who didn't retire despite their wishes because they didn't reach the legal age of 30. This is the fault of a permissive state and an economy run by incompetents.

Like all of them, I have witnessed how leaders have ignored our constitutional rights. Silent for years, but facing the threat of losing power, they now speak out to defend us. Governors who negotiate with the President for funds for their provinces (which is fine) using us as bargaining chips to support or reject their possible veto of the pension adjustment (which is very wrong).

Meanwhile, Milei claims that those proposing this adjustment are exploiting the state, using it as a noble cause. This means the President isn't fighting for noble causes, but rather for a zero deficit for his own propaganda as an economist. This is a false self-congratulation, because even after 18 months, production and employment haven't improved. They show us that retirees are alone. Don't we deserve better?

Matías Aníbal Rossi / [email protected]

Reader Irene Bianchi, with her characteristic clarity and forcefulness, rightly addressed President Javier Milei's level of discourse. Those of us who have spent our lives in the world of business and economics are surprised to see how many journalists and "communicators" demonstrate their extremely low level of knowledge on these topics.

The political leadership is not far behind, despite being responsible for the debacle. It's almost impossible to hear anyone explain the origin of the problems. Retirees earn little. Ten-year-olds can't write their names. They can't add or subtract, with or without a calculator. Doctors are starving. A high school student graduates without understanding what they read. Consumer consumption is declining. These are the most common phrases, among others, with which we are harassed daily.

Faced with such a display of ignorance, President Milei reacts with the same anger, rage, and vehemence as those of us who understand something about the subject, whether in public or private. The culture of "political correctness" has led us to a dull society lacking in commitment, where the "don't interfere" rule is insulting. I agree with Ms. Irene Bianchi regarding her level of discourse, but when it's not enough with Don Miguel Cervantes Saavedra, it's a good idea to turn to the wonderful monologues of Enrique Pinti.

Gabriel Varela / [email protected]

For PAMI, or for people who care for elderly people with physical disabilities, who send us to rehabilitation—I'm talking about Ituzaingó—it seems like a real job. First, I go to kinesiology, which includes physical therapy (X-rays, ultrasound, etc.) per session, followed by kinesiology (massages, mobility, therapeutic exercises, respiratory rehabilitation). It's all a lie.

They do nothing, fifteen minutes of lightning, fifteen minutes of gymnastics, and there we are.

What is kinesiology? Walking, riding a stationary bike? They have nothing, not a shred of love for these people hoping to improve their lives. It seems to me they use us, a lot. I'm talking about the PAMI headquarters at Soler 602, in Ituzaingó. PAMI people should be watching what the grandparents are going through. The grandparents haven't been wearing diapers for two months. Whose fault is that? I don't know. I'm asking you, please, do something.

Don't they realize that one day those PAMI people could be theirs? Or do they think they're immortal?

Francisco Linares / [email protected]

Defenselessness is a karma that has weighed on Argentina's retired class for decades. The vulnerability endured by retirees is fundamentally based on the loss of purchasing power due to erratic policies. Retirees have no influence on government decisions, nor the representativeness to make demands that are addressed. Those who decide, legislate, or enforce the law see only their own backyard and not the human forest that surrounds them.

The weakness of retirees, aside from their economic weaknesses, is manifested in the loss of rights, a damaged morale, an absent State, a deterioration in their pride, and some having to be assisted by close people, which affects their family and others.

As well as giving up their customs or sometimes insignificant pleasures that they enjoyed when they were active and that today they see fading away or have lost due to having been overwhelmed and violated.

The pain this causes is uncomprehending and unrecoverable. Not to mention those who are seriously ill or limited by a disability, who suffer even more from the detachment described above. When one hears talk of modifying the pension system, one trembles at the thought that their future will be worse, since no one has been able or willing to improve the situation of retirees. There is little hope of smiling again and feeling dignified as a human being. We have been humiliated, used, and abused everywhere.

What more do they want from us? Nothing can hurt us more. Enough of the bullying, the hypocrisy, and the false words they throw around to delude us. It's immoral to play with human dignity and hope.

Rodolfo C. Castello / [email protected]

This isn't about Darín's empanadas. It's about what retirees and salaried workers on meager salaries do to survive. Because they haven't eaten store-bought empanadas in years. So, Mr. Minister of Economy, Mr. President, the opposition, the CGT, stop messing around and laughing at people and do something urgently.

With the US$80 billion our Minister of Economy requested during his two (so far successful) terms, we could buy approximately 6 billion dozen empanadas. Of course, where he probably buys them.

Miguel Ramón de Peón / [email protected]