Despite last month's bail-out from the IMF, Argentines face unpopular spending cuts and, after a recession lasting three years, have little love for their rulers. So it is not surprising that the latest money-saving idea involves culling politicians. The fashion was begun by Jose Manuel de la Sota, the governor of Cordoba, Argentina's second most important province. In July, he gained popularity by holding and winning a local referendum to prune government bureaucracy. That included the abolition of the upper house in his province's legislature-co-incidentally controlled by his opponents. Now President Fernando de la Rua wants to launch a similar reform. So, too, does Carlos Ruckauf, the governor of Buenos Aires.
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机译：尽管上个月获得了国际货币基金组织（IMF）的纾困，但阿根廷人仍面临着不受欢迎的支出削减，而且在经历了长达三年的衰退之后，阿根廷人对其统治者几乎一无所知。因此，最新的省钱想法涉及淘汰政客也就不足为奇了。这种时尚由阿根廷第二重要省科尔多瓦省州长Jose Manuel de la Sota创立。在七月，他通过举行并赢得地方公决来修剪政府官僚而获得声望。这包括废除他的对手偶然控制的上议院立法。现在，总统费尔南多·德拉鲁阿希望开展类似的改革。布宜诺斯艾利斯省长卡洛斯·拉考夫（Carlos Ruckauf）也是如此。
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