▁compr ised ▁ 8 % ▁to ▁ 1 1 % ▁of ▁the ▁Kirch ner ▁government ' s ▁total ▁tax ▁rece i pts , ▁around ▁two - third s ▁of ▁which ▁came ▁from ▁so y ▁exports . ▁Tax es ▁on ▁imports ▁and ▁exports ▁increased ▁government ▁sp ending ▁from ▁ 1 4 % ▁to ▁ 2 5 % ▁of ▁G DP . ▁However , ▁the ▁import ▁and ▁export ▁tax es ▁have ▁disc ou rag ed ▁foreign ▁invest ment , ▁while ▁high ▁sp ending ▁has ▁pushed ▁infl ation ▁over ▁ 2 0 %. ▁ ▁An ▁attempt ▁by ▁the ▁Kirch ner ▁administration ▁to ▁imp ose ▁price ▁controls ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁failed ▁as ▁the ▁items ▁most ▁in ▁demand ▁went ▁out ▁of ▁stock ▁and ▁the ▁mand atory ▁prices ▁were ▁in ▁most ▁cases ▁not ▁observed . ▁Vari ous ▁se ctors ▁of ▁the ▁economy ▁were ▁re - n ational ised , ▁including ▁the ▁national ▁postal ▁service ▁( 2 0 0 3 ), ▁the ▁San ▁Martín ▁Railway ▁line ▁( 2 0 0 4 ), ▁the ▁water ▁utility ▁serving ▁the ▁Province ▁of ▁Buenos ▁Aires ▁( 2 0 0 6 ) ▁and ▁Aer ol í ne as ▁Argent inas ▁( 2 0 0 9 ). ▁ ▁In ▁December ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁Kirch ner ▁decided ▁to ▁liquid ate ▁the ▁Argent ine ▁deb t ▁to ▁the ▁IM F ▁in ▁a ▁single ▁payment , ▁without ▁ref in ancing , ▁for ▁a ▁total ▁of ▁$ 9 . 8 ▁billion . ▁The ▁payment ▁was ▁partly ▁fin anced ▁by ▁Venezuela , ▁who ▁bought ▁Argent