Posted on 01/21/2008 1:14:14 PM PST by newbie2008
Latin America's answer to Africa's Comrade Bob Mugabe and Asia's Dear Leader Kim, Venezuala's T'Hugo has decided to copy another piece of the successful Zimbabwean economic program. The BBC reports that Chavez threatens to seize farms and goes on to explain the background:
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has threatened to nationalise farms, in an effort to tackle food shortages.
Government controls keep food prices low in shops to help even the poorest Venezuelans feed themselves.
But some farmers prefer to sell their produce in neighbouring countries where prices are higher, leading to shortages of bread, milk, eggs and meat.
In his weekly television show, Mr Chavez said farmers doing this should have their farms "expropriated".
(Excerpt) Read more at di2.nu ...
After all, it worked out so well for Mugabe
HF
“We’re going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good” HRC 6/28/2004
Hey, wonder what Joe Kennedy has to say about this.
Mugabe doesn’t care, ‘cause he’s still in power and not missing meals. It’ll be the same for Hugo.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/090028f6-c863-11dc-94a6-0000779fd2ac.html
Venezuela’s Chávez raises milk prices 37%
Call Joe-4-Milk. Let me find out if the Kennedys own a dairy farm. They own two oil companies.
That raise is what's charged to the consumers (assuming there is even any milk to be had) not what's being paid the dariymen. If it were they wouldn't be selling the stuff out of country.
Mug-anomics?
Mugabe wants to steal from thee
Sorta like 1930’s in the Ukraine.... except everyone has better tans.
Don't mess with Zimbabwe. Everyone there can be easily be a millionaire.
Of course, that wouldn't even buy a hamburger.
When socialist plans don’t work out, even deeper socialist plans are required.
These people are going to starve... except for those in power, of course.
I coulda sworn I heard he was just describing how to seize a cow from behind ... just so...so it won’t kick ya...I think he heard that method from Osama. Got blown all outta proportion...
I can’t believe it, but I’m currently in an argument on the Hillary Economy thread about FDR’s policies.
ex-snook is claiming that FDR’s policies were good because he was re-elected several times.
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