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2015-04-06 Caribbean-Latin America

Venezuela reaches the final stage of socialism: no toilet paper

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Posted by gorb 2015-04-06 00:24|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Rewarding non-productive behaviors and punishing productive behaviors has the usual effect.

Posted by Procopius2k 2015-04-06 09:05|| 2015-04-06 09:05|| Front Page Top

#2 This particular shortage has been alleviated, somewhat. Command economies suck at the little shit (uc?), the paper mill cranking out this die was going along well enough making tissue paper, lots of tissue paper, but they don't make the damn cardboard thingies the tissue I'd rolled up on and then cut. Those thingies are imported from el Norte Imperio and require dollars. Thus, no toilet tissue rolls. Now all imported, sometimes by the plane load.

Posted by Shipman 2015-04-06 11:17|| 2015-04-06 11:17|| Front Page Top

#3 at $0.08/roll they lose money on every one, but make up for it in quantity

Posted by Frank G 2015-04-06 11:46|| 2015-04-06 11:46|| Front Page Top

#4 Why can't they just use Bolivares to wipe with? It's not like they're good for much else.

Posted by Glenmore 2015-04-06 12:29|| 2015-04-06 12:29|| Front Page Top

#5 Afganis wipe with their left hand, correct? Just throwing it out there...

Posted by Raj 2015-04-06 13:31|| 2015-04-06 13:31|| Front Page Top

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