pod wrote:even they used the terms interchangeably.
They knew the difference. Americans are the ones who use the terms interchangeably when talking about the Soviets.
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on 19 May 2016 15:33
Re: Something is rotten in Venezuela
pod wrote:even they used the terms interchangeably.
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on 19 May 2016 15:35
Re: Something is rotten in Venezuela
TechJunkie wrote:pod wrote:even they used the terms interchangeably.
They knew the difference. Americans are the ones who use the terms interchangeably when talking about the Soviets.
on 19 May 2016 16:21
Re: Something is rotten in Venezuela
on 19 May 2016 16:48
Re: Something is rotten in Venezuela
coach wrote:JMT wrote:pod wrote:Every Commie I've ever talked to in this country (yes, I know Commies...) always says the same thing - "Well, when we get a chance to implement it, we're gonna do it right!"
Statist idiots don't realize that the only way to prevent that corruption is to never grant that much power in the first place.
Duhhh, that's the point of communism, so all the wealth/power is not concentrated in a few people.
on 19 May 2016 17:16
Re: Something is rotten in Venezuela
on 23 May 2016 16:21
Re: Something is rotten in Venezuela
Our mayor recently noted that stray dogs had all but disappeared from our neighborhood, and people are hunting pigeons in the main square.
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on 24 May 2016 08:12
Re: Something is rotten in Venezuela
TechJunkie wrote:Policy #1 of expanding the money supply causes the local currency to lose value. Importers have to spend more local currency to import food. Then importers have to charge their customers more in local currency.
But they can't do that because of policy #2. The prices are mandated by the benevolent socialist state, so that people can afford to buy things. Importers who charge market prices are accused of price gouging. Their businesses are expropriated by the state and sometimes they're arrested.
If you're an importer and you know that you have to spend more to buy food than you could sell it for after you import it, then why would you import the food in the first place?
A sugar shortage has forced Coca-Cola to stop producing soft drinks in Venezuela amid an escalating food and energy shortage.
Coke said that suppliers in Venezuela will "temporarily cease operations due to a lack of raw materials".
The announcement comes after the country's biggest brewer, Empresas Polar, closed plants due to a barley shortage.
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Sugarcane production has been falling due to price controls and rising production costs, as well as problems in obtaining fertiliser.
As a result, many smaller farmers have turned to other crops that are not price controlled and thus generate higher income.
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on 30 May 2016 06:36
Re: Something is rotten in Venezuela
Last week, protests turned violent in parts of the country where demonstrators demanded empty supermarkets be resupplied
on 30 May 2016 07:44
Re: Something is rotten in Venezuela
on 29 Jun 2016 12:32
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