Venezuela expels U.S. embassy officials

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Venezuela expels U.S. embassy officials for their obvious role in Venezuela’s toilet-paper shortages


Obama's nefarious and shadowy forces of imperialist aggression just never seem to let up on their evil plans to undermine the socialist people’s paradise of Venezuela

A Venezuelan state agency on Friday ordered the temporary takeover of a factory that produces toilet paper in what it called an effort to ensure consistent supplies.

Since the currency and price controls inherent in governmental central planning are widely acknowledged as the most intelligent, excellent system for the efficient and socially just allocation of resources, I’m simply at a loss as to why basic goods and foodstuffs can no longer be found on store shelves
 
He's probably right to be paranoid. The US likes to involve itself with overthrowing governments and South American governments have been a traditional target - at least those that don't let American companies extract the continent's wealth.

If it's empty store shelves that Venezuelans want then they should turn to the capitalist model like Walmart, a massive capitalist company that manages to keep shelves free of buyable product using the miracle of free enterprise. How do they manage it? Well, in a country with huge unemployment they manage to be unable to find cheap enough workers.

But, back to South America, supply line disruption and sabotage to rile up the people has been standard CIA playbook stuff for decades. Being able to crush economies by using the weapons of international finance is also a handy cudgel.
 
FluffyMcDeath said:
in a country with huge unemployment they manage to be unable to find cheap enough workers.
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Its almost like there is a hidden mandated cost that is keeping employers from hiring low skilled workers!
 
FluffyMcDeath said:
It's called "wages".
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Wages are not a hidden cost, wages are paid directly to employee by employer
unemployment insurance and mandatory heath care coverage paid by employer in behalf of the employee are examples of hidden costs of employment
 
metalman said:
Wages are not a hidden cost, wages are paid directly to employee [...]
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A fair technical point - but if you took away all the hidden costs the companies would still be trying to screw employees on wages because ... because squeezing every penny is what the shareholders demand and the only shareholders that really count are the rich ones.

Look at tipped employees - their minimum wage is about $2.50 an hour and if one customer does a dine and dash then it's likely that you will be paying to work that night. Migrant workers fairly often end up making slightly less money than they need for board and food which they pay their employers for. Prison labour gets paid $.50 an hour and their food and board is paid for by you. A friend of mine from the UK has parents who ran a restaurant and the waiters got tips only and figured they should be happy to get that. The business guys aren't totally unusual in wanting to get everything for nothing - the consumer is the same way. But when everyone is trying to everything for nothing then the system is eventually going to break - like ... now!
 
metalman said:
Wages are not a hidden cost, wages are paid directly to employee by employer
unemployment insurance and mandatory heath care coverage paid by employer in behalf of the employee are examples of hidden costs of employment
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sar·casm

[sahr-kaz-uhm]
noun
1.
harsh or bitter derision or irony.
2.
a sharply ironical taunt; sneering or cutting remark: a review full of sarcasms.
Origin:
1570–80; < Late Latin sarcasmus < Greek sarkasmós, derivative of sarkázein to rend (flesh), sneer; see sarco-

Related forms
su·per·sar·casm, noun

Synonyms
1. sardonicism, bitterness, ridicule. See irony1 . 2. jeer.
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source: dictionary.com
 
metalman said:
As socialist dream crumbles, Venezuelans find Nicolas Maduro 'a bad copy' of Chavez
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Why is 'blaming a US plot to “sabotage the electrical system and the Venezuelan economy”' the "well-worn answer for [Venezuela's] woes"? Because that's what America does, sabotages or overtly attacks anyone who does not cooperate with Uncle Sam.

"If that wasn’t enough, Mr Maduro then accused the US Drug Enforcement Agency of orchestrating the presence of 1.3 tons of cocaine seized last month from an Air France plane flying out of Caracas."
Which wouldn't be out of character considering that the CIA and USDEA have both previously been implicated in the cocaine trade.

The fact of the matter remains that they are not under US control and the US cannot tolerate that. Despite the talk of "socialism" the country's economy is still mostly privately owned by people who don't like having to share and the US government is willing to help the owners fight the people - just like they do at home in the US.
 
Doctors say Venezuela's health care system in collapse

The country's 1999 constitution guarantees free universal health care to Venezuelans

Insurers, many state-owned, are four to six months behind in payments and it is nearly impossible for health care providers to meet payrolls and pay suppliers.

government price caps set in July for common procedures are impossible to meet, Rosales said. For example, dialysis treatment was set at 200 bolivars ($30 at the official exchange rate and less than $4 on the black market) for a procedure that costs 5,000 bolivars to administer.

There is no anesthesia for elective surgery.


Gonzalez says she adored Chavez for his anti-poverty programs, always voted for him and constantly applied for government benefits, though she never received any.
She has a good chance of survival if she gets the right care, Gutierrez said.
But that's not happening.
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Happy Happy Joy Joy
 
metalman said:
For example, dialysis treatment was set at 200 bolivars ($30 at the official exchange rate and less than $4 on the black market) for a procedure that costs 5,000 bolivars to administer.
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5000 bolivars? Bull. Sounds like someone is gouging. Should be around 700 Bolivars or less even with the most recent devaluation.
 
Sometimes supply are a direct policy of sabotage to provoke unrest. It may be a false report, but it would be a carbon copy of multiple previous overthrow plans, particularly those backed by the US against independent nations in South America.
 
metalman said:
Snowball, destroyer of the windmill, is the enemy of the animalist state
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Sometimes enemies are real - especially foreign ones. Do you think that the US doesn't want to see the government of Venezuela taken over by pro-US (business) people?

The fact is that the US has a documented history of sabotaging (even invading) states who don't just hand over their wealth to US controlled entities, just like the older empires had.

Destrruction of the livelihoods of whole populations of people is not a problem for the ruling classes - they don't even have much problem doing the same to people in their own countries.
 
metalman said:
Wages are not a hidden cost, wages are paid directly to employee by employer
unemployment insurance and mandatory heath care coverage paid by employer in behalf of the employee are examples of hidden costs of employment
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Those are the things that separate the 3rd world from the 1st world. The first world nations can invest in their workers and mandate that all workers be insured both in terms of employment and health. And yes, there is also a return on that investment called a viable economy. You know, the world needs employers and employees, but it doesn't specifically need Walmart and it's exploitative business strategy. I don't really hate Walmart per se but at the same time I see no reason to cater to their special needs either.
 
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"fair price" =>> "caca libre!"

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Hyperinflation is the signal that there is no faith in the future of the existing government system. When faith in the monetary system evaporates people try to hoard barter resources ( irrationally) .
 
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