elpesodelestado.com: The weight of the government

A stunt called El Peso del Estado (The Weight of the Government) was executed in Argentina to attract signatures for a petition to change the country's macroeconomic policies.

It's time for our representatives to listen to us so we can start growing. To this effect, we sent a letter to congress. A very special letter, signed by hundreds of Argentinians and written on a block of cement, a heavy burden to carry, so they could experience first hand the weight of the government. 

Carrying a heavy load for a long time can exhaust a person to the point where they can't take it anymore.

A letter was engraved on a 9-kilogram (almost 20 lbs.) cement block and handed to the National Congress, addressed to the Budgetary and Economic...

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