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2014-08-23 Caribbean-Latin America

Venezuela Wants To Fingerprint Food Shoppers

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Posted by charger 2014-08-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 This program coming to a school lunch line near you!

Posted by DarthVader 2014-08-23 00:08|| 2014-08-23 00:08|| Front Page Top

#2 Socialism - it's what's for dinner!

Posted by SteveS 2014-08-23 01:58|| 2014-08-23 01:58|| Front Page Top

Fingerprinting is 1950's technology.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-08-23 05:50|| 2014-08-23 05:50|| Front Page Top

#4 The regime is now turning its own failure into a weapon.

Individual computerized rationing enables the government to monitor the subjects, to ensure that the subjects can't build up emergency food reserves, and thus to mete out carefully dosed reward and punishment on an individual level.

Don't show up for a demonstration, don't sign a regime sponsored political statement and you (and perhaps your children and elderly parents) will go hungry for a week.

Denounce your neighbor and you will eat a little more for a couple of days.

In any case the subjects will understand that they live and die at the government's pleasure.

Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2014-08-23 06:28|| 2014-08-23 06:28|| Front Page Top

IMA growing my own food.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-08-23 06:34|| 2014-08-23 06:34|| Front Page Top

#6 Sounds like a good time to sell 'fingers' on ebay.

Posted by Airandee 2014-08-23 07:27|| 2014-08-23 07:27|| Front Page Top

#7 Fingerprinting to prevent buying too much? Did they ever think of growing or importing more food to meet the demand? It's something called capitalism.

Posted by JohnQC 2014-08-23 08:34|| 2014-08-23 08:34|| Front Page Top

#8 This is a real world example of the reasons against people having ID.

Once you are required to have gov't. ID for the necessities of life you are completely controlled.

Posted by AlanC 2014-08-23 08:39|| 2014-08-23 08:39|| Front Page Top

#9 The Chavista government won't be able to pull offf this system, too expensive. Look for your basic Cuban style ration card as a "temporary" measure.

Posted by Shipman 2014-08-23 10:55|| 2014-08-23 10:55|| Front Page Top

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