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ocpagu

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25. They are manipulating prices...
Mon May 13, 2013, 06:25 PM
May 2013

...which caused Venezuela to establish prices controls.

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Predictable naaman fletcher May 2013 #1
he's proposing that the military be used now to produce food Bacchus4.0 May 2013 #7
This place well collapse before year end. nt. naaman fletcher May 2013 #8
well, at least they are getting Chinese satellites so they can watch the collapse live n/t Bacchus4.0 May 2013 #11
Expropriate! Flatulo May 2013 #2
So he's blaming the scarcity on an enterprise that is actually producing to its fullest? Marksman_91 May 2013 #3
thats why he isn't going to expropriate Polar. The previous businesses expropriated Bacchus4.0 May 2013 #4
As the government tries ever harder to flout the laws of supply and demand, and fails ever Flatulo May 2013 #5
amen n/t Bacchus4.0 May 2013 #6
Fanatics of any ideology are always detrimental to society Marksman_91 May 2013 #9
LOL ocpagu May 2013 #10
Now you're the one who's thinking binary. Flatulo May 2013 #13
Even if I accept everything you say here is true: naaman fletcher May 2013 #14
It's funny how people always remember to blame governments for that... ocpagu May 2013 #15
That's a different story naaman fletcher May 2013 #16
Nope. ocpagu May 2013 #17
I agree with you totally naaman fletcher May 2013 #18
right, he's trying to change the subject. We are talking about shortages Bacchus4.0 May 2013 #19
How come "that has nothing to do with the fact that price controls cause shortages"? ocpagu May 2013 #20
The objective has nothing to do with it naaman fletcher May 2013 #21
Oh, my... Flatulo May 2013 #23
Oh, so you believe anyone who's willing to make money is allowed to speculate and manipulate prices? ocpagu May 2013 #24
How is the value of a thing determined? At the simplest level, it is the cost of the labor, Flatulo May 2013 #28
Are you claiming that commodities traders are causing shortages in VZ? Are they causing Flatulo May 2013 #22
They are manipulating prices... ocpagu May 2013 #25
So, naaman fletcher May 2013 #26
Exactly my thoughts. Flatulo May 2013 #27
They don't care about the poor and it gives them talking points. joshcryer May 2013 #29
Polar rejects accusations that production has been reduced (Maduro lie #819,258) Bacchus4.0 May 2013 #12
Elías Jaua asks Polar to make a small "sacrifice" and produce at a loss to guarantee food supplies Marksman_91 May 2013 #30
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