No beer, no electricity, no food and now, no toilet paper. But socialism works great - it is those rich capitalists who are screwing things up.
From the Wall Street Journal:
Venezuelan President Puts Armed Forces in Charge of New Food Supply System
Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro put the armed forces in charge of a new food supply system aimed at alleviating crippling shortages, ceding yet more power to a military apparatus that is already involved in everything from banking to imports.
The head of the armed forces, Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino, will be in charge of transporting and distributing basic products, controlling prices and stimulating production, according to a decree published Tuesday in the official gazette.
As though controlling prices has ever worked. A bit more:
Since coming to power three years ago, Mr. Maduro has relied increasingly on the armed forces as a spiraling economic crisis pushed his approval ratings to record lows and food shortages led to lootings. Generals are already in charge of state companies importing the bulk of Venezuela’s food; they run the country’s largest bank, a television station and a state mining company.
Stellar examples of how to run something by committee - there is no food, their currency has inflated over 700 times, the television station is only on the air a few hours/day. Don't know about the mining but I suspect it is just as efficient as the state petroleum company which is floundering despite Venezuela having the world's largest oil reserves.
This is us if people like Barry and Hillary get any more power. History repeats itself all too many times.
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