Venezuela's currency is now so worthless that people are using it as napkins

Business Insider ^ | August 18, 2015 | Mike Bird

[Zakeet]

There’s an image going round that sums up just how ridiculous Venezuela’s economy has become.

A Reddit user uploaded a picture on Monday of a man using a 2 bolivar note to hold an empanada.

According to Venezuela’s official bolivar-dollar exchange rate, the man using his money as a napkin is wasting about $US0.31 (£0.20).

But on the black market, the reality is completely different. You can get 676.88 bolivars to the dollar, according to dolartoday.com. That means holding food with a 2 bolivar note costs the holder less than a third of one US cent.

[Zakeet]

... socialism ... Obamanomics ... works the same ... every time!

[windsorknot]

Venezuela needs Bernie Sanders.

[mylife]

What do they need napkins for?

To wipe the **** off their face?

[SaveFerris]

Nice supermarket there. Yikes.

[Psalm 73]

"Venezuela's currency is now so worthless that people are using it as napkins..."

Which should solve their toilet paper shortage....

[mikey_hates_everything]

But, but if EVERYONE were socialist, this wouldn’t be happening. —B Obama (or Sanders)

[lurk]

Part of me has compassion for them. This has got to be distressing to the max.

But the other part of me says they voted for this, and need to eat the meal they cooked for themselves.

[eartrumpet]

Chavez’ daughter is richest woman in the country with $4 billion. That’s a whole lot of napkins.

[pieceofthepuzzle]

But at least everyone’s equal.. Well, except for Hugo Chavez's daughter, who reportedly has the equivalent of >$4billion.

[Graybeard58]

He’s holding food with paper money that has been in circulation, I would not do that, currency is filthy.

[TangoLimaSierra]

He’s holding food with paper money that has been in circulation, I would not do that, currency is filthy.

Exactly what I was thinking.

[Chode]

ahhh yes... the concentrated blessings of socialism or is it Sanderism

[MCF]

In what part of Caracas does Sean Penn live?

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Toilet papter currency, skid mark currency.

[Rummyfan]

Just another example of the superiority of the socialist economic system!

[Rummyfan]

What do they need napkins for? To wipe the **** off their face?

No to wipe the other end as they're out of toilet paper.

[Buckeye McFrog]

As joked about on The Beverly Hillbillies five decades ago.

[hal ogen]

Maybe the daughter of the socialist pig hugo chavez could help out her countrymen with some of her stolen $2,000,000,000.00 (US) that she has. She loved socialism.

[P.O.E.]

Money is a capitalist tool. Workers unite for a greater utopian state! /s

[HotHunt]