Some people are saying that Brazil is growing again. But if there is a miracle happening, it is being able to fill a shopping cart with a minimum wage.
In recent weeks, government-aligned authorities and commentators have begun to celebrate a supposed “return of economic growth.” They speak of a positive GDP, industrial recovery, and reduced inflation. The tone is euphoric: “Brazil is back.” But where exactly is it back to?
Meanwhile, the average Brazilian — that character ignored in Brasília’s charts — lives a very different reality: expensive food, precarious public services, and a record-breaking tax burden. The rhetoric of miracles clashes with the price of meat, rent, and electricity bills. It is no wonder that, even with official inflation falling, the popular feeling is one of impoverishment.
The “miracle” of statistics with no real impact
Yes, some indicators have improved — especially those that do not weigh heavily on the pockets of those who make a living from their work. What we have, in fact, is anemic growth, sustained by state incentives, subsidies and increased public spending. The government injects resources, consumption artificially increases, and the state machine celebrates what it itself created. But this has a cost: deficit, debt and long-term devaluation.
Worse still, this “miracle” is based on a structure that rewards dependence and penalizes productivity. Entrepreneurs face a tax madhouse. Efficient professionals are crushed by burdens. And those who try to prosper on merit find the State as an obstacle, not a partner.
Miracle or mirage?
The current “economic miracle” is more like a poorly rehearsed magic trick: while the conjurer points to growth, he hides the real costs of the spectacle — repressed inflation, specific tax breaks and, of course, a people who continue to foot the bill.
In the end, the real miracle is someone believing this story, with an empty shopping cart and the household budget always in the red.
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