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Why did the official expenditure of the Argentine Senate decrease by 30%?
On August 22nd, the Argentine Senate announced that it would substantially adjust its daily expenses and members' welfare, and strive to reduce the official expenses of the Senate by 30%, so as to contribute to reducing the high fiscal deficit.

According to a recent order signed by Argentina's Vice President and Speaker of the Senate, Mistetti, the Senate will cancel the cost of buying gifts and souvenirs needed for official activities; No more unauthorized meetings, seminars and training; Reduce the official travel expenses of parliamentarians and clerks, flights within 8 hours must fly economy class, and flights over 8 hours must be approved before flying business class; The daily allowance for official business trips is reduced by 30%; When the airline ticket or airline changes on business trip, the member or clerk shall bear the difference at his own expense; The Senate only bears the expenses related to members' official business trips, and members need to bear the expenses of other private consultants and entourage at their own expense; Re-register Senate official vehicles within 60 days, standardize management, and reduce the scale and cost of official vehicles by 40%; The Senate is only responsible for reimbursing the expenses incurred by two mobile phones of members; Members' offices in the Capitol will no longer provide free drinks and drinks, but only bottled drinking water; Cancel subscriptions to daily newspapers and magazines.

High fiscal deficit, high foreign debt, high inflation and exchange rate instability are generally considered as the main reasons for the deterioration of Argentina's economy this year. In this regard, the Argentine government has made efforts to solve the deficit problem by continuing to cut public service subsidies, streamlining government agencies, suspending the reduction of export taxes on agricultural products, and reducing export tax rebates. In March this year, Argentina launched a "slimming" campaign for government agencies, cut government financial expenditure by 20%, abolished more than 600 positions in various ministries and 25% of civil servants, promised not to raise the salaries of current ministers and deputy ministers within one year, suspended the recruitment of new civil servants, prohibited relatives of officials above ministerial level from holding public office, and made strict regulations on the use of government buses.