It appears that Javier Milei's government intends to repay Argentina's huge public debt. Is that really necessary? As Rothbard explains, from a moral standpoint, unlike PRIVATE debt, PUBLIC debt should be repudiated (https://mises.org/library/repudiating-national-debt). In fact, while private debt is a voluntary exchange, public debt is not; it is an imposition of the political-parasitic class on individuals who are supposed to repay for generations a debt they did not choose to have. In other words, public debt, just like taxes, is a form of aggression.

From a pragmatic perspective, repaying the public debt is necessary to incur further debt (no one will lend you money if you did not repay a debt). However, is this relevant for a government that intends to unleash the potential of growth with freedom, break with the past and reduce the public sector to an arbitrary minimum?