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In reply to the discussion: Price of corn flour in Venezuela soars 900 percent [View all]Freddie Stubbs
(29,853 posts)54. Funny how Venezuela is the only OPEC nation on the verge of collapse
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I think the real question is "What are we doing to help the poor and hospitalized
mpcamb
May 2016
#29
If Sanders has to spend all of him explaining what type of socialist he is, he will lose
Freddie Stubbs
May 2016
#52
We have a direct vested interest in destablizing a government of the people.
SusanLarson
May 2016
#5
Basic goods have NOT begun to appear in stores. They are out of sugar and beer now
Bacchus4.0
May 2016
#17
PLUS the "cautionary tales" from Canada, Switzerland, GB, France, Iceland. . . the horror! n/t
zazen
May 2016
#4
As bad as things are in Wisconsin, there isn't a shortage of food and basic consumer goods
Freddie Stubbs
May 2016
#57
They wouldn't even have to lie. Sanders has proudly admitted that he is a socialist
Freddie Stubbs
May 2016
#58
Anyone who thinks Sanders is going to run the USA like Venezuela needs his or her head examined
Android3.14
May 2016
#16
We have never had an admitted socialist as President here before so the only guide we have is
Freddie Stubbs
May 2016
#62
Sanders is a social-democrat. And if you want an example for social-democracy, look at Germany.
DetlefK
May 2016
#21
If he is a 'social democrat,' why had he called himself a democratic socialist?
Freddie Stubbs
May 2016
#63
When did Sanders ever advocate price controls and currency manipulation such as in VZ?
Yo_Mama
May 2016
#23
The two biggest planks in his campaign platform won't work without price controls
jmowreader
May 2016
#39
You mean before the oil boom economy. Venezuela has failed to diversify for decades
Bacchus4.0
May 2016
#36
The US does not have an FTA with Venezuela however we are their largest trading partner
Bacchus4.0
May 2016
#33
Not socialism. Not progressive. Not "liberal". It's left-wing authoritarianism. . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2016
#30
Why does Bernie Sanders call himself a democratic socialist when he is a social democrat?
PufPuf23
May 2016
#42
Another thing for that incompetent, paranoid idiot Maduro to blame on the CIA.
Odin2005
May 2016
#44