[Billthedrill]

Speaking on television Friday, Maduro said that under no circumstances will social programs be affected by the belt tightening... Maduro didn't say where he'll find fat to cut.

Oh, come now, surely there's something belonging to other people that the government can still steal. It will be tragic to the Venezuelans but a cautionary tale to the rest of us to see what happens when socialists really do run out of Other People's Money.

[Vince Ferrer]

They begged Saudi Arabia for a cut in production, but Saudi said no. So now they have to embrace the suck.

[gorush]

Piece o’ cake, just raise taxes, the sky’s the limit.

[ChicagahAl]

Venezuelans are already suffering from widespread shortages and the world's highest inflation.

I imagine that Obama will invite all of them to emigrate to the (former) US of A.

And sign them up for free stuff. And Democrat voter registration.

[Moonman62]

Venezuela grapples with a plunge in world oil prices that threatens to bring more hardship for the petroleum-dependent economy.

...

I thought their economy was dependent on total socialism, which would explain the shortages and inflation.

[rrrod]

about 50% of them deserve what they arent getting! eff em!

[dynachrome]

Anybody that voted for the opposition will get no more from the govt.

[McGruff]

I don't buy CITGO gas because.

Citgo is a U.S. refining and marketing firm that is a wholly owned subsidiary of Venezuela's state-owned oil company. Money you pay to Citgo goes primarily to Venezuela.

[Jack Hydrazine]

How about that peak oil?

[ontap]

A lot of commie banana republics are gona find the going rough when the bottom falls out of the oil market. Decades of inflated prices are about to deflate a lot of dictator and terrorist run countries!!