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Current Events => Politics => Topic started by: Attero Dominatus on January 20, 2008, 10:44:40 PM
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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- President Hugo Chavez threatened on Sunday to take over farms or milk plants if owners refuse to sell their milk for domestic consumption and instead seek higher profits abroad or from cheese-makers.
With the country recently facing milk shortages, Chavez said "it's treason" if farmers deny milk to Venezuelans while selling it across the border in Colombia or for gourmet cheeses.
"In that case the farm must be expropriated," Chavez said, adding that the government could also take over milk plants and properties of beef producers.
"I'm putting you on alert," Chavez said. "If there's a producer that refuses to sell the product ... and sells it at a higher price abroad ... ministers, find me the proof so it can be expropriated."
Addressing his Cabinet, he said: "If the army must be brought in, you bring in the army."
More: http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/01/20/venezuela.farms.ap/index.html
Chavez needs taken out of power.
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expropriation is such a civilized term for extortion
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Someone is going to bump him off.
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He doesn't sound much different from the Democrats I've talked to.
"Why can't the oil companies sell to the United States at a lower price *whine*?"
If those people had their way, they'd be forced to.
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nasty little dictator isn't he???
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The Red Terror got its start like this, commandeering the output of the farmers to feed the 'Liberated' masses in the cities after the Reds FUBARed the economy.
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Someone is going to bump him off.
..and make him a martyr...I don't think so.
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The price of meat is going to go way down for a while. Then Chavez is going to wonder what happened to all the dairy cattle.
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ECONOMICS 101
CAPITALISM
people = revenue streams
Result: Maximize client base to expand profitability
SOCIALISM
people = burdens on the system
Result: All resources must be rationed as consumption increases scarcity
Get it?