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Venezuela’s Hunger Is No Game
WSJ ^ | May 8, 2016 | Mary Anastasia O’Grady

Posted on 05/18/2016 4:46:45 PM PDT by Ray76

In his craving for power, the late Hugo Chávez pledged to redistribute Venezuela’s wealth to the poor masses. The god-father of “21st-century socialism” seems to have been unaware that the resources he promised to shower on his people had to first be produced.

Fifteen years into the Bolivarian revolution, Venezuela is facing dire food shortages.

Among the many stupidities that socialism promotes is the idea that by imposing price controls and forbidding profits, government can make food both cheap and widely available.

The opposite is true, and Venezuela proves the rule.

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KEYWORDS: berniesanders; communism; socialism; socialisthell; toiletpaper; venezuela; venezuelacollapse
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To: Ray76

Chavez and Maduro aren’t from outer space. They are from Venezuela

Latino culture seems to be one of constant experimentation with collectivism, socialism and fascism. I hope they enjoy it. At least maybe they’ve tired themselves out for a while now and they also provide an excellent negative example to the rest of the world.


21 posted on 05/18/2016 7:46:04 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: Ray76

Atlas Shrugged is around the corner


22 posted on 05/18/2016 8:12:00 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
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I know they caused this horror themselves by going leftist, but some country should step up and send in food with the message to stop playing with Marx.


23 posted on 05/18/2016 8:33:28 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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Among the many stupidities that socialism promotes is the idea that by imposing price controls and forbidding profits, government can make food both cheap and widely available.

The opposite is true, and Venezuela proves the rule.

I hope that the Bernie Sanders' supporters (and Bernie Sanders himself) are aware of this dimension of socialism!

Of course they will say that the Swedish version is better. But they are too disordered to know the difference, that is, to make a difference.

24 posted on 05/19/2016 3:32:47 AM PDT by olezip
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