Posted on 03/04/2007 9:00:04 PM PST by PittsburghAfterDark
DORAL, Fla. — They call it "Plan B." As Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez further tightens control of the South American country's economy, wealthy Venezuelans who once thought they could live with his socialist edicts are turning to their backup plan — flight to the United States, particularly Florida.
Venezuelans have long gobbled up condos and pre-construction deals in Florida as investments, but the latest buyers want homes where they can live and business properties that will help them earn a green card.
"First the people who come are the businessmen in the highest circles, then the losing politicians, then the military and then the professionals," said Miami-based immigration attorney Oscar Levin. "You're beginning to see the (Venezuelan) professionals."
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Who doesn't want to live in Utopia?
Well, if Hitlery becomes out next Pres, they will be headed back to Venezuela...
the United States, once again, benefits from another leftist socialist moron.
Duh, they are not rich by being stupid.
Socialism has a huge brain-drain problem.
And there is no way for them to solve it.
Smart people simply won't live under socialism.
Atlas just shrugged.
It's Cuba redux. All the professionals and entrepreneurs moved to the USA.
...And native South Floridians became refugees, "bringing the flag with them".
...after they voted for Hillary while in the U.S.!
i hope they dont bring with them their leftist ideology
rich leftist really pisses me off. They cry for higher taxes, but they never pay the taxes themselves. Instead they try to avoid it themselves, so in the end its the poor who have to pay for it and suffer as a result
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