Posted on 12/09/2015 7:28:36 AM PST by Sean_Anthony
A centralized socialist government always blamed their disastrous and ever-failing economic policies on greedy capitalists and on business “profiteers.†Socialists eventually ran out of other people’s money and wealth
Venezuelans rejected socialism. They’ve run out of other people’s money; the long lines to buy basic food and toilet paper did not help either. The mainstream media has glossed over this massive defeat of President Nicolas Maduro’s socialism. In a great St. Nick gift, his opposition took back control of the National Assembly in a landslide election on December 6, 2015.
According to the National Electoral Council, the Democratic Unity coalition won 99 of the 167 seats in the National Assembly, a legislative majority, while the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela won 46 seats. If the opposition wins 13 of the 22 remaining races, it will gain a two-thirds supermajority, possibly running a referendum to get rid of Maduro before his term expires in 2019. A simple majority could amnesty all political prisoners.
Chile ran into similar problems under Allende in the 1970’s and discarded Socialism in the process of ousting him. Today, Chile is one of the fastest growing economies in the world. Dems hate that capitalism makes people better off even though history is strewn with the wreckage of Social experiments.
Have to add Bush and America as a reason too they say.
Columbia is also a success story ignored by liberals.
Call Sean Penn and Danny Glover, they will pony up some more money for Maduro.
Right Sean?
5.56mm
They should just try it again with new smart elite people, and it'll work this time for sure.
“The only problem Venezuela had was the people that ran the economy.”
No, Venezuela has long been affected by rampant corruption, just like many other Latin American countries. Until the whole society in their heart rejects corruption at all levels, no economic system can prosper. Corruption will ruin any country, including ours.
One might suspect Navy Patriot was being sarcastic.
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