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So far, Milei has shrunk the country’s bloated government bureaucracy and ruthlessly cut public spending, which has caused painful job losses but also tamed runaway inflation.

As Latin American countries can attest, these experiments often start with noble intentions and end with scandals, bloated payrolls and empty shelves.

Mr. Cuomo’s 2021 tax hike, like others before it, didn’t solve the state’s chronic fiscal problems, which stem from bloated welfare programs and rich benefits for government workers.

This spans from environmental worries about landfills bloated with plastic, to health anxieties about microplastics scientists say are harmful to humans.

Through wielding his famous chainsaw External link, he has succeeded in streamlining the country’s bloated government bureaucracy and producing the country’s first budget surplus in over a decade.