Posted on 06/15/2016 8:18:27 AM PDT by Sean_Anthony
Eight of 10 items unavailable in stores in the socialist paradise
Good news: Nicolas Maduro will never be president of the United States. Bad news: It hardly matters, because neither Hillary Clinton nor Bernie Sanders quite understands what’s gone wrong with the Chavista revolution in Venezuela.
Things are now so bad in the socialist paradise where Maduro haplessly presides, Venezuelans have more or less given up looking for basic goods in stores. You can’t find them there. Eight out of 10 items people need are unavailable. So they’ve taken to going on social media and asking pretty much anyone who might be on there if they have milk, rice, diapers, toilet paper . . . you name it. It’s like going to your next-door neighbor and asking to borrow a cup of sugar, except that things are so bad in Venezuela you have to expand your search range by a factor of thousands to have a shot at finding what you need:
I'd still take him over what we've got now.
Jones Farm has admitted Nicolas Maduro into the Order of Old Major for his unique achievement in reducing Inequality in Venezuela. Venezuela is now rated the most Equal country in the world. They commend the widespread comraderie between workers and their former bosses as they meet on food queue lines and share recipes for cooking shoes. They also note that Venezuela was one of the most Unequal nations 17 years ago.
Sadly there are those who welcome everyone being equally miserable, even if it means their standard of living declines as a result.
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