The Secretary of Production Coordination, Pablo Lavigne, stated that it would be "like shooting oneself in the foot." He was referring to a project presented in the Buenos Aires Legislature, which proposes to tax the flatulence and burps of cows and create the "Environmental Tax on Methane in Buenos Aires (TAMBA)". According to the Argentine News Agency, citing statements to Radio Rivadavia, Lavigne expressed bewilderment over the new tax proposed by Kirchnerist deputy Klug, a close associate of Juan Grabois. A Kirchnerist deputy wants to tax cow flatulence and burps "They have it all backward," he stated and added, "Starting to implement all these types of taxes only prevents producers from having certainty about their business for the next two years and attempts to incentivize something that should not happen." In turn, he backed the country's agricultural and livestock sector, affirming that "they are the ones that drive the Argentine economy in general." Christmas Toy Prices On the other hand, the Secretary of Production Coordination also addressed the prices of toys in Argentina as Christmas approaches. Buenos Aires, Dec 1 (NA) -- The National Government mentioned the tax presented by provincial deputy Lucía Lorena Klug (Union for the Fatherland) on charging a tax on the methane gas emitted by cows. "It would be like shooting oneself in the foot," they stated. "It would be absurd. Compared to the region, the country has a 75% price gap for toys. In that sense, and given the decrease in import tariffs that went from 35% to 20%, Lavigne pointed out that Argentina "is quite similar to Brazil." He also assured that the importation of toys has increased, as has the number of importers. At the end, he recognized that the country is "a little further from the region" but that, "little by little, international values are converging."
