With even toilet paper scarce, Venezuelan president warms to business

[Bacchus4.0]

http://news.yahoo.com/even-toilet-paper-scarce-venezuelan-president-warms-business-142332407.html;_ylt=A2KJ2Ub9_5xRzl8A8jfQtDMD

CARACAS (Reuters) - A Venezuelan supermarket puts a stack of toilet paper on its shop floor, and desperate consumers snatch it up within five minutes. A woman's voice over the loudspeaker reminds shoppers each person can only buy four packages.

Few seemed convinced by the government's promise just days earlier that the oil-rich South American nation would promptly import 50 million rolls.

"It's a sad moment when a rich country like Venezuela reaches this situation," said Yenny Caballero, waiting at a check-out line at a store in an upscale part of the capital. "These are basic products that everyone should be able to buy."

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With shortages now affecting close to 20 percent of basic consumer goods, socialist president Nicolas Maduro has agreed to work with Venezuelan business leaders that government for a decade has passed off as right-wing conspirators.

[COLGATE4]

1. Dontcha know that this

is all RW propaganda, and that there is no shortage of TP (or anything else) in the People's Republic of Venezuela. It's all part of the grand conspiracy planned and carried out by the Illuminati, Masons, CIA, FBI, IRS, and the Koch Brothers to make Maduro look like a klutz.

[Bacchus4.0]

3. they are succeeding!!!! toilet paper is so overrated though n/t

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[mecherosegarden]

7. You should go to Venezuela

and visit any supermarket , and see by yourself.

[COLGATE4]

10. I should have put the 'sarcasm' thing on my post.

[joshcryer]

9. Ironically, Koch Industries has a near-monopoly on ... toilet paper.

It's laughably true.

[naaman fletcher]

2. "These are basic products that everyone should be able to buy."

Not in Chavez's VZLA, they aren't.

[Bacchus4.0]

4. any chavista worth his or her salt could make a roll last a month

do you really need buy chicken, flour, and milk at the same time and place???


you can simply hire a driver to take you around to various locations to hacer compras. Every socialist knows that.

[naaman fletcher]

5. Well, we also know

that people should be handwashing their own clothes. So I wouldn't worry about the detergent shortage.

[Bacchus4.0]

6. admittedly its much easier to wash when detergent is available, on the other hand

more time spent washing means more time having fun with the girls!!

[joshcryer]

8. This shit is why as a socialist I don't consider Chavismo/Madurismo socialist.

They're doing nothing to make a self-sufficient economy.