Oh, I am NOT jesting.
There SHOULD be a stigma to getting a handout.
Posted on 04/26/2016 7:53:18 AM PDT by simpson96
“He stepped to the window and pointed to the skyscrapers of the city. He said that we had to extinguish the lights of the world, and when we would see the lights of New York go out, we would know that our job was done.” ...............John Galt..... Atlas Shrugged...................
Eat your perishables! Consume your perishables!
(How do you write that in Spanish?)
Wrong orifice...”feel the Bern” alright
What’s the problem? No beer, no need for a fridge.
Sunday, the electricity in my home was out for four hours, as the power company scrambled to replace the four-home transformer. In 28 years at this address, that was the first time the power was out for more than an hour (not counting hurricanes that cause the power to be out for a week); the hour-outages happen perhaps twice a year, when a suicidal squirrel trips the transformer's circuit breaker. My first assumption, upon the electricity's return, was that the food in the refrigerator was lost, but its insulation seems to have worked, with nothing in the freezer thawed, and nothing in the refrigerator spoiled. I wouldn't want that to happen every day, and I suspect Venezuelan refrigerators are of older technology and more likely to cause food spoilage, as would have been the case with the previous refrigerator at my home.
:)
They don’t like cold beer
Good thing
Oh how terrible,...they don’t have any Ice Boxes or Ice Delivery Men.
So with diminished refrigeration, this can only worsen the food shortages. The venezuelan people chose poorly and they were screwed by their thieving, psychopathic politicians. Just like the US voters have done the last 8 years.
Free food spoilage, courtesy of the government. Praise Citizen Maduro!
Hey, they may have some difficulties, but you have to admit that they got rid of the evil income inequality!
Feel the Bern!
You jest, but that is precisely how food aid used to be given. Do you remember “government cheese?” It used to be a point of shame, not a pride...
What a Brave New World.
Oh, I am NOT jesting.
There SHOULD be a stigma to getting a handout.
My guesses:
1) Any parts manufactured outside Venezuela (most of them) need to be bought with hard currency.
2) Too many job slots were filled with government supporters rather than competent workers.
3) Theft of copper and other stuff to sell.
The government MUST prioritize welfare benefits to their underclass supporters over ALL else, otherwise they will be overthrown the next day. As long as the underclass is willing to riot and burn against anyone threatening their benefits, the government will stand.
I wish I could remember where I read this but the drought is causing the hydroelectric dams to have lower electricity production.
I believe their power is via hydroelectric dams and right now they are in the middle of a severe drought.........
A bunch of years ago I vacationed in Honduras when they were experiencing a year long drought which resulted in electricity rationing. Fortunately they had the money to purchase their electricity from neighboring Guatemala......
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