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[Adrahil]

1. The worker's paradise! nt

[fasttense]

2. A nightmare? It's a dream.

Yes the price controled stores provided by the government sell out quickly. But she could always shop at the capatalist stores that overcharge for everything. It's like using the military commissary. You make a major food buy at the commissary and yes many of the good deals sell out very quickly. There are plenty of empty shelves at the commissary especially at the end of the week and the lines were huge. But if you really want or need something you can buy at the regular grocery stores that cost more.

It's great that the government provides an alternative to the overpriced grocery stores. Too bad capatalism can't compete.

[geek tragedy]

3. price controls produce shortages, it's basic economics nt

[EX500rider]

7. "A nightmare? It's a dream."

yes.....they dream of buying meat and toilet paper and milk...etc.....lol

[Travis_0004]

9. I dream of waiting in line for 2 hours to buy toilet paper every night.

[NobodyHere]

10. Military commissaries are subsidized to keep prices

Which means those "overpriced" capitalist stores have to help shoulder the costs.

[Codeine]

4. and yet they still spend millions annually to ensure that Pastor Maldonado can crash

as many Lotuses as possible.

[Tarheel_Dem]

5. Is this why VZ is suing the US?

[Nye Bevan]

6. Always interesting to see how non-capitalism works in practice (nt)

[COLGATE4]

8. Proof positive of the glories of the Bolivarian revolution.

To think that, just, 15 short years ago these people would have had to suffer the indignity of having their stores full of all types of consumer articles with no lines, no required documentation, no fingerprinting, no waiting, no hassles. But that kind of soft, bourgeois living was obviously having a very deleterious effect on the Venezuelan common man. Thanks to the Revolution, having this citizen's family living on sardines will make them stronger soldiers in the ongoing fight to expand the splendid Chavez legacy. Not to mention what future glories their children can look forward to.

[name not needed]

11. Imperialist propaganda. The CIA went in and installed extra shelves to make the stores look empty.