Socialism always starts as a “people’s movement,” with mindless and ignorant people being directed by elitist con men in the background, telling the foolish that by bringing down the “rich,” everyone will share in the abundance that socialism will bring. It is always a lie, and invariably almost all the people end up in poverty, with the exception of the top socialist leaders who live like kings. Fidel Castro is certainly one who has lived that life, and his protege, Hugo Chavez destroyed the Venezuelan economy pursuing the same socialist policies.
When the economy comes crashing down, it is necessary for the leadership to blame an outside source, and when Chavez was alive, he continually named the United States for all of the woes the country was suffering from. In fact, the oil rich country provides 9 percent of the U.S. gross oil imports, which must be a considerable sum of export income to the nation of 30 million people. As such, the U.S. provided a huge portion of the countries income, but Chavez resented that as well.
Venezuela has expropriated foreign and domestic businesses, which means that the people have little invested in the country and are becoming very unhappy with the leadership as it nosedives to complete economic ruin.
For more on the Venezuelan “people’s paradise,” see page 2:
Its not worth$#%&!@*if nobodys buying it!
Maybe Bernie could run for President there?
Richard Nixon created the EPA in 1970. Bernie had a couple of good ideas. Unfortunately all his other ideas are bat$#%&!@*crazy. I went to his web site and read his ideas. His proposals are based on tax upon tax upon tax. What he (and his supporters) fail to understand is that US companies will simply leave the country in droves to escape an oppressive tax liability. With companies gone, the taxpayer will be the next host for the parasite. When that happens, where will the money come from to fund his platform? After the 1%, there’s the 2%, then the 5% and so on and so on. I don’t want someone’s else’s money. I just want to keep as much of the money that I make that I can. America doesn’t guarantee equal outcomes, it’s supposed to guarantee equal opportunity.
This is a beautiful example of communism !! And exactly what happens when welfare jack offs want everything for free ! NOTHING IS FREE , AND NO YOU ARE NOT ENTITLED TO ANYTHING.
Holly you want to know what is going to happen in the US. Here it is
Why in the world would we want to invade that p**s poor excuse for a country?
It’s getting closer
Any one that supports the ideology of Sanders has not seen the consequences of Socialism at its worse. Venezuela is a prime example. You can’t keep taking from the have’s and giving what they’ve worked for, to the have not’s. Eventually, there will be civil and economic unrest. We are seeing just the tip of the iceberg here in the US right now. The only way for us to survive, as a Nation, is Capitalism, period.
Ok Chad I said balance, but let’s have it your way. Close the police departments and firehouses, disband the military and close public schools, end the NFL while we are at it, socialist industries all.
I’m not anti capitalism but our current system is not true capitalism Chad Miller.