I Am Not Making This Up; Venezuela Bans Queues To Beat Product Shortages

Forbes ^ | January 15, 2015 | by Tim Worstall

[Oldeconomybuyer]

There are times when a little piece of news comes in from some far flung corner of the world and it’s necessary to wonder whether one should laugh or cry about it all. So it is with this remarkable story from Venezuela. The wonders of Bolivarian Socialism are so great that governors in some parts of the country have decided to ban queuing. No, really, I promise you that I am not making this up.

Here’s the news about the queuing:

Governors in three Venezuelan states have banned overnight queuing amid huge and sometimes rowdy lines around shops across the scarcity-plagued country.

Shortages of basic consumer products from milk to toilet paper have worsened since a lull in distribution over the Christmas and New Year holidays, prompting many to wait from the early hours on foot – or in hammocks – before shops open.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

This only encourages the "black" market, which is for the best. It's the black market or nothing.

They can Question Reality, but Reality isn't listening.