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2015-01-13 Caribbean-Latin America
The Ghastly Economic Mess In Venezuela And How To Avoid It
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Posted by Fred 2015-01-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ]  Top
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#1 Much simpler solutions- Remove from power, then deport or execute as necessary all socialists and communists. See Pinochet & Co. for a how to.
Posted by Nguard 2015-01-13 00:42||   2015-01-13 00:42|| Front Page Top

#2 They now actually have the Army, seriously, the armed forces, guarding food supplies.

Time to crank up production.
Posted by Besoeker 2015-01-13 01:44||   2015-01-13 01:44|| Front Page Top

#3 We look at this as a clusterf**k on a national scale - which it most certainly is - but these people are actually heroes. Seriously. There are some 200 member states in the United Nations. Each of them is a little experiment working to answer the question "How do we run a country?".

Those of you who have been following along are shouting "It's the Socialism, stupid!" Well, duh. Like Milton Friedman said, you need to judge policies by their results, not their intentions. So thanks, Venezuelans, for showing us just what not to do.
Posted by SteveS 2015-01-13 02:55||   2015-01-13 02:55|| Front Page Top

#4 So, does this mean I'm not getting my toilet paper anytine soon? Man's gotta wipe!
Posted by Raj 2015-01-13 03:04||   2015-01-13 03:04|| Front Page Top

#5 So, does this mean I'm not getting my toilet paper anytine soon?

Use newspaper---no matter how poor a socialist country, there are always plenty newspaper.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-01-13 04:24||   2015-01-13 04:24|| Front Page Top

#6 Not so G(r)om, newsprint shortages have caused several newspapers to shut down and others to change to a more paper efficient format.

Still, point taken.
Posted by Shipman 2015-01-13 06:14||   2015-01-13 06:14|| Front Page Top

#7 Sponges, invest in sponges. (It worked for the Romans)
Posted by Procopius2k 2015-01-13 08:23||   2015-01-13 08:23|| Front Page Top

#8 Maybe a supply of nappies will help them out
Posted by tipper 2015-01-13 10:22||   2015-01-13 10:22|| Front Page Top

#9 Propaganda posters. No socialist country is short of those.
Posted by Frank G 2015-01-13 10:28||   2015-01-13 10:28|| Front Page Top

#10 Send 'em the New York Times!
Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2015-01-13 12:06||   2015-01-13 12:06|| Front Page Top

#11 Ayn Rand called it.
Posted by OldSpook 2015-01-13 19:17||   2015-01-13 19:17|| Front Page Top

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