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Venezuela hopes to wipe out toilet paper shortage by importing 50m rolls
Guardian ^ | May 16, 2013

Posted on 05/16/2013 6:11:14 AM PDT by grundle

First milk, butter, coffee and cornmeal ran short. Now Venezuela is running out of the most basic of necessities – toilet paper.

Blaming political opponents for the shortfall, as it does for other shortages, the government says it will import 50m rolls to boost supplies.

One supermarket visited by the Associated Press in the capital on Wednesday was out of toilet paper. Another had just received a fresh batch, and it quickly filled up with shoppers as the word spread.

"I've been looking for it for two weeks," said Cristina Ramos. "I was told that they had some here and now I'm in line."

Economists say Venezuela's shortages stem from price controls meant to make basic goods available to the poorest parts of society and the government's controls on foreign currency.

"State-controlled prices – prices that are set below market-clearing price – always result in shortages. The shortage problem will only get worse, as it did over the years in the Soviet Union," said Steve Hanke, professor of economics at Johns Hopkins University.

President Nicolás Maduro, who was selected by the dying Hugo Chávez to carry on his "Bolivarian revolution", claims that anti-government forces, including the private sector, are causing the shortages in an effort to destabilise the country.

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KEYWORDS: chat; communismkills; dictatorship; redistribution; toiletpaper
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1 posted on 05/16/2013 6:11:14 AM PDT by grundle
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To: grundle; Allegra; big'ol_freeper; Lil'freeper; TrueKnightGalahad; blackie; Cincinatus' Wife; ...
It appears something... has hit the fan!
2 posted on 05/16/2013 6:13:33 AM PDT by Bender2 ("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
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To: Slings and Arrows; JoeProBono; Daffynition

The peasants are revolting.


3 posted on 05/16/2013 6:14:05 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: Bender2

LOL!

Ya think?


4 posted on 05/16/2013 6:14:06 AM PDT by Howie66 (Molon Labe, Traitors!)
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To: grundle

But can the residents of the people’s paradise of Venezuela buy ammo?


5 posted on 05/16/2013 6:14:50 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: grundle
Venezuela has the largest oil reserves of any nation on earth and there's a shortage of TP? And Commandante Chavez,a semi-literate runt,died a billionaire.Kinda makes one wonder.
6 posted on 05/16/2013 6:15:25 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Leno Was Right,They *Are* Undocumented Democrats!)
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7 posted on 05/16/2013 6:15:33 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: grundle
Sorry guys ... but because of your inability to cleanse your nation soon enough, You'll have to start from the beginning.

We did and it works out pretty good ....


8 posted on 05/16/2013 6:15:44 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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To: Kartographer
There is a TP shortage in Venezuela!

The police have identified a Person of Interest:


9 posted on 05/16/2013 6:16:25 AM PDT by Old Sarge (My "KMA List" is growing daily...)
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To: a fool in paradise
The peasants are revolting.

Particularly now that they're compelled to employ Sheryl Crowe's "one square per visit" rule.

10 posted on 05/16/2013 6:17:18 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Leno Was Right,They *Are* Undocumented Democrats!)
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To: Gay State Conservative
Meanwhile in El Presidente's palace...


11 posted on 05/16/2013 6:17:26 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: grundle

Perhaps a speech from Sheryl Crow would help.


12 posted on 05/16/2013 6:18:12 AM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: knarf

Trouble is, they can’t afford the paper to print catalogs either. As Ronald Reagan once remarked, if you put Communists in charge of the Sahara Desert, it would only be a matter of time before they had a shortage of sand.


13 posted on 05/16/2013 6:18:23 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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Being fair and balanced, we offer the other side... of the story.

14 posted on 05/16/2013 6:18:30 AM PDT by Bender2 ("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
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To: Revolting cat!

15 posted on 05/16/2013 6:19:30 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: grundle

The DUers tend to have fawning admiration for Hugo Chavez and his socialist legacy in Venezuela.

So, you DU moonbats looking in... and we know you’re there... is this another example of “looking out for the people?”


16 posted on 05/16/2013 6:21:50 AM PDT by ScottinVA ( Liberal is to patriotism as Kermit Gosnell is to neonatal care.)
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The availability of TP is like the Canary in the mine. If or when TP shortages appear in the US, know that the end of the Republic is very near.

Happened in 1959 Cuba, around the Russian revolution, and probably Mao’s China as well.

Lack of TP is the warning sign that things are crumbling!


17 posted on 05/16/2013 6:24:17 AM PDT by C210N (When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
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To: grundle

18 posted on 05/16/2013 6:26:34 AM PDT by JoeProBono (Mille vocibus imago valet)
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To: grundle

19 posted on 05/16/2013 6:26:38 AM PDT by ScottinVA ( Liberal is to patriotism as Kermit Gosnell is to neonatal care.)
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To: grundle

Severe shortages of toilet paper and toothpaste caused Nicaraguans to vote the Sandinistas out of power in the late 80’s.


20 posted on 05/16/2013 6:29:07 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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