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9. Its only absurd if you love oligarchs

Sat May 25, 2013, 07:08 PM

May 2013

who hold a bastion of wealth, and will stop at no end, including hoarding products, to get their grubby little hands on the nation's oil fields. Talking economics 101 in Venezuela is pretty funny.

Its no secret that big business directly plays a part in shortages by hoarding, underpaying, importing and pricing it on a higher parallel rate, money speculation, encouraging more buying and more privatization. You seem to be equating Venezuelan oligarchs to rational, honest business types. HardyHarHar.

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Toilet paper shortage is because ‘Venezuelans are eating more’ argues the government [View all] Bacchus4.0 May 2013 OP

To quote David Carridine as Woody Guthrie in "Bound for Glory": Buzz Clik May 2013 #1

It's like the global warming deniers naaman fletcher May 2013 #2

Plus naaman fletcher May 2013 #3

correct, the rest of Latin America is growing too Bacchus4.0 May 2013 #8

So this is the oligarch/Capriles strategy to bring down Maduro railsback May 2013 #4

Price controls cause shortages naaman fletcher May 2013 #5

Well, actually hoarding has more of an effect railsback May 2013 #6

That's abusurd naaman fletcher May 2013 #7

Its only absurd if you love oligarchs railsback May 2013 #9

In other words naaman fletcher May 2013 #10

You refuse to accept the answer railsback May 2013 #11

you didn't answer naaman fletcher May 2013 #12

I take it you believe there are huge warehouses hiding toilet paper? Socialistlemur May 2013 #13

The bolivar has been downgraded numerous times already, railsback May 2013 #14

A slight correction to the statement above Socialistlemur May 2013 #15

Toilet paper is a red herring railsback May 2013 #16