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| Tweet Topic Started: May 29 2016, 07:30 PM (726 Views) | |
| estonianman | May 29 2016, 07:30 PM Post #1 |
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Who wants 37 types of deodorant? In magical Bernie land you only get a choice of white and red bottles. What shopping is like in Venezuela |
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| Freaks | May 29 2016, 07:41 PM Post #2 |
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Do they smell different or is it just the bottle color? :oyvey |
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"I'll be the fella to save his Cinderella, by turnin' her dream world into real life." | |
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| estonianman | May 29 2016, 07:47 PM Post #3 |
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I don't know Freaks. I am guessing its bleach and "tropical punch" - the necessities. |
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| estonianman | May 29 2016, 07:57 PM Post #4 |
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The revisionism among privileged western Marxists is incredible. When Chavez won - they said "revolutionary wins against corrupt capitalists, prosperity is now on the horizon!" Now that another society is flushed down the toilet due to socialism ... "Venezuela was taken advantage by corporate oil price fixing, the people didn't vote for this dictator, this isn't socialism"
Edited by estonianman, May 29 2016, 07:58 PM.
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| Robert Stout | May 30 2016, 02:07 AM Post #5 |
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As these items are the only ones in stock, does this suggest that Venezuelans don't care if they look dirty and stink ????..............
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| Jesus can raise the dead, but he can't fix stupid | |
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| dcbl | May 30 2016, 09:28 AM Post #6 |
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Good guys wear white hats
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damned commie - what about the BLUE???? |
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Republicans sign checks on the front, democrats sign them on the back…True story! | |
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| coverpoint | May 30 2016, 11:14 AM Post #7 |
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You know perfectly well that Senator Sanders does not want to nationalize Whole Foods (or any other American business). If Carlos Perez had focused on giving Venezuelan workers a decent minimum wage, unemployment insurance and expanded healthcare instead of diverting government funds to his business cronies (and his own bank account) then there would not have been a Chavez or Maduro. |
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| estonianman | May 30 2016, 11:54 AM Post #8 |
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I am pretty sure the Venezuelan government never nationalized retail. They did however play around with price fixing, thereby making it unprofitable to provide many goods. |
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| coverpoint | May 30 2016, 12:24 PM Post #9 |
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Yes they have. Venezuela Nationalizing Food Distribution http://iotwreport.com/venezuela-nationalizing-food-distribution/ Venezuela Re-Opens Nationalized Supermarket Chain http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=358945&CategoryId=10717 Has Senator Sanders proposed that food stores in America be nationalized or that there should be price controls on American food products? The only person I recall instituting price controls in America was the Republican Richard Nixon. |
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| estonianman | May 30 2016, 12:37 PM Post #10 |
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Yeah - goes to show you even the most 'conservative' presidents are to left of even Obama. My mistake - I was going by this Reuters article http://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-election-nationalizations-idUSBRE89701X20121008 That said in the 1970's Sanders helped found the Liberty Union Party, which called for the nationalization of all US banks and the public takeover of all private utility companies. |
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| coverpoint | May 30 2016, 01:34 PM Post #11 |
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The Liberty Union Party is still alive in Vermont. However, unlike the Socialists-USA Party, they do not call for the nationalization of banks or utilities. They believe in the nationalization of banks and utilities, but do not have the courage to actually come out and say it. Last year the Liberty Union Party passed a resolution that declared Senator Sanders (and the rest of the Vermont Congressional delegation) a war criminal for his vote to send military aid to Israel. While Senator Sanders certainly does believe in the government redistribution of wealth, he does not see the nationalization of private business as a means to that end. He is quite happy to let capitalism generate taxes. |
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| estonianman | May 30 2016, 01:44 PM Post #12 |
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Still - what is the logic behind nationalizing banks and public utilities? Whatever it is - the same can certainly be applied for food and water. That's exactly how it went down in Venezuela. As nationalization was implemented people became poorer and good became more scarce, this further justified the government takeover of additional industries. |
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| coverpoint | May 30 2016, 02:20 PM Post #13 |
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Well, we “semi” nationalized the US Banks in 2008/9 with the Troubled Asset Relief Program. As long as banks are run by the greed of short term investors, the government either has to nationalize or stringently regulate banks to insure depositors. Many countries (even western countries) have nationalized their banks in periods of crisis. In the US many troubled individual banks have been seized by the federal government to have its assets sold and its operations closed. During the 1990’s savings and loan crisis, this happened to hundreds of US banks. Governmental incompetency is nothing compared to the track record of US bank manger's incompetency. |
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| estonianman | May 30 2016, 02:34 PM Post #14 |
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The government created this problem by insuring deposits. |
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| Member013 | May 31 2016, 06:42 PM Post #15 |
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| Right-Wing | May 31 2016, 07:35 PM Post #16 |
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Hahaha Tell that to DNC Services Corporation |
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