Leftists_try to_fund Universal_Guaranteed Pensions_w/Lithium_money Finance Minister Mario Marcel says (and I am paraphrasing here), "whoa muchochos, not so fast you slippery beaners" https://eldiariodesantiago-cl.translate.goog/archivo/6512?_x_tr_sl=es&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp and/or 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Marcel: royalty income "is not enough" to offset the effect on collection and exploitation of lithium (since we) will not have a state monopoly . You know, when it is all said and done... Mario is our only "sort of" level-headed ally in this whole leftist government. The Doctor