The Socialist dictatorship in Venezuela is nationalizing food distribution.
During a rally Friday, on International Workers’ Day, the socialist leader allowed a union activist to ask for the nationalization of food and essential-item distribution.
Citing new decree-making powers recently granted by the National Assembly, Maduro said he would carry out such a measure “in the coming days and weeks.”
Maduro had pledged earlier in the week to announce economic reforms.
Various estimates suggest the government already controls about half of the country’s food distribution, but that hasn’t stopped record shortages in shops and markets.
“Hasn’t stopped” being Leftist Journalese for “directly caused.”
Venezuela’s equivalents of Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, and Rachel Maddow are already accusing critics of the plan of wanting people to starve. Because, according to the left, there is no way for people to have access to anything (health care, birth control, et c) unless it is directly provided to them or paid for by the Government.
Hey! Idiots! Take a look at an economics book some time.
No, the Communist Manifesto is NOT an economics book. Nor is any book that is based on it.
I’m talking real supply and demand books. You know, the ones that look at what is actually happening, not what you wish would happen?
Idiots…
Maduro has been threatening Empresas Polar (biggest corporation in Venezuela, foodstuffs and related items) for a while now. They have dared to call him a liar when they got accused of hoarding food by doing something totally reproachable: They presented evidence and made him look like the lying fool he is.
Venezuela get ready for famine, something communists are really good at. see Russia, china, viet nam, i.e.
Gee. Food shortages in a socialist economy. Unprecedented.
Food control has been going on for a little while there but power rationing is new. http://www.wsj.com/articles/venezuela-to-begin-nationwide-power-rationing-1430247865
Hopefully they have enough people with victory gardens, & foraging skills. Usually socialists take away guns before they go after food.
Photo caption: The communist on the right is the late Hugo Chavez.
Usually leftists take away the guns before they go for food control. Venezuela has had food rationing for a while but now the petroleum exporting nation is doing electric rationing http://www.wsj.com/articles/venezuela-to-begin-nationwide-power-rationing-1430247865
They may as well just come out and say it: They’re Cuba 2.0 now.
Say it loud. Communist and proud!
Well umm until there’s no more tax payer money, oops, my bad.
50% inflation in 4 months.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/28/us-venezuela-inflation-idUSKBN0NJ2GC20150428
Venezuela’s a sad case, but my main wish for it is that Washington would never mention or think about the place again. The First Crack President called it an “extraordinary threat” to our “national security” in March, so hopes are dismal.
I don’t kick Chavez’s corpse. He called W. Bush a donkey and a devil, sent Israel’s ambassador home and got vilified by Obama, things all heads of state should call badges of honor.