Posted on 05/01/2017 6:35:02 AM PDT by Nextrush
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro has ordered a 60% increase in the country's minimum wage, effective from Monday......
The pay rise is the third this year from Mr. Maduro, and aims to benefit government workers and the military.
It comes a month after deadly protests erupted in the country......
Even residents of traditionally pro-Maduro districts have been joining the protests.
"I have been a month now joining in all the protests because I want my country to be free of this dictatorship," said 42 year-old Yoleida Viloria, a hairdresser from the capital, Caracas.
Observers fear 1 May could bring a spike in unrest, with opposition an pro-government supporters planning rival marches.
Pope Francis had offered to mediate between the Maduro government and its opponents, but the opposition has rejected the overture.
Its leaders say the president has installed a dictatorship, and blame him for the economic crisis.....
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
Over the weekend I read that the Pope had called for a third party nation like Norway to 'mediate' with North Korea.
I try to stay away from the theological debates surrounding the current Pope, but he does seem to be developing a trend of 'lets talk to the Communists'.
Communists never negotiate in good faith and the words that come out of their mouths can never be trusted.
Big deal if there is nothing to buy.
It’s like watching a child trying to fix a seriously complicated problem. One mistake after another.
Hey maduro! Your country is not producing anything! With no production, there is no money. Get that into your bananabrain!
“Maduro has ordered a 60% increase in the country’s minimum wage”
Timothy Geithner was recently spotted down there.
The only positive in all this is it demonstrates to the world the end result when leftists get everything they want. Unfortunately some people will remain in denial no matter what happens.
Maduro hikes min wage 60%, left wants $15 min wage...
Mere coincidence? I think not.
Ping.
What’s Maduro’s DU screen name?
Idiots. Big deal. You can raise it to a billion dollars an hour, but if no one can afford to pay it—big whoop. Commie window dressing...
The new Cuba with the new Zimbabwe inflation rate mixed in.
Oh what a paradise/ sarc........
Tell me again how beneficial Venezuela’s system would be if applied to the US, Bernie.
Never trust a man who combs his hair with a balloon.
The more plans fail, the more the planners plan.
- Ronald Reagan
The media will never ask Bernie that question.
[Pope Francis had offered to mediate between the Maduro government and its opponents, but the opposition has rejected the overture. ]
That is extremely telling about Frankie.
[Never trust a man who combs his hair with a balloon.]
I’m sorry but that just wiped out my keyboard. LOL
that’s because the present Pope is a Communist.
It makes a person wonder if Maduro and Kim-Jong-in are somehow related as they seem to share similar traits of being mentally challenged? By now you would think that some of these want to be dictators may realize that in the long run and more often than not in the short run their dictatorial ideas and ideals just don’t pan out. But they seem to keep on trying anyway. We just got rid of one president along with his anointed successor who had been introducing and promoting similar ideas in a roundabout and under the radar way. Luckily enough people realized and recognized it for what it was and rejected it. But this is how dictatorships take hold, then all of a sudden people start scratching their heads and say “We could have, we should have, and why didn’t we?” History just has a nasty habit of repeating itself, until we humans learn. We have come a long, long way but that was just the beginning and the start of a long journey on our evolutionary path.
Talk about throwing gasoline on a fire!
“Drive for 15” supporters, take note.
Exactly right, and a wage hike is exactly what they don't need. Their problem lack of production and currency inflation. Magically increasing pay will stimulate demand for goods, and lessen the demand for labor. Result? More inflation, fewer jobs.
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