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Venezuela to 'saturate the market' with 50 million rolls of imported toilet paper
CNN ^ | May 16, 2013 -- | Mariano Castillo

Posted on 05/16/2013 4:26:08 AM PDT by Freelance Warrior

To avoid getting caught with their pants down, Venezuelan officials say they will confront a toilet paper shortage by importing 50 million rolls to meet demand.

Toilet paper is just one of the basic goods and foodstuffs that have been disappearing from store shelves over the past few months, as the government and private companies blame each other for the scarcity.

The government also casts blame on private companies, who they accuse of hoarding their products in hopes of selling it later at a higher price.

But businesses and the political opposition say government policies, including price controls on basic goods and tight restrictions on foreign currency, are to blame. The regulation discourage production, and many producers can't break even with the price controls, they say.

(Excerpt) Read more at edition.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: socialism; venezuela
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1 posted on 05/16/2013 4:26:08 AM PDT by Freelance Warrior
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To: Freelance Warrior

Single ply?


2 posted on 05/16/2013 4:29:29 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Romans 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,)
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To: Freelance Warrior

Give them corn shucks. That’s what they had before toilet paper.


3 posted on 05/16/2013 4:30:22 AM PDT by DH (Once the tainted finger of government touches anything the rot begins)
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To: gov_bean_ counter
Single ply?

Two plies is an imperialistic luxury, not suitable for working class, comrade!

4 posted on 05/16/2013 4:31:35 AM PDT by Freelance Warrior (A Russian.)
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To: Freelance Warrior

We need to send Cheryl Crow down there to give them some pointers on how to conserve toilet paper.


5 posted on 05/16/2013 4:33:30 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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To: Fresh Wind

Oops, make that Sheryl Crow.


6 posted on 05/16/2013 4:34:01 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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To: Freelance Warrior
HA! So true.

Single ply, one square at a time.

7 posted on 05/16/2013 4:37:12 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Romans 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,)
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To: Freelance Warrior

Ah. Lefties.

Full of sh*t.


8 posted on 05/16/2013 4:39:50 AM PDT by Hardraade (http://junipersec.wordpress.com (Vendetta))
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To: Freelance Warrior

Running out of other people’s toilet paper. Viva la Revoluccion. Well toilet paper literally revolves to its end too, ay?


9 posted on 05/16/2013 4:40:23 AM PDT by tflabo (Truth or Tyranny)
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To: Freelance Warrior

Only government intervention in a free market can result in a shortage of a basic, readily produced, relatively cheap, product.


10 posted on 05/16/2013 4:43:03 AM PDT by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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To: Freelance Warrior

Johny Carson is haunting Venezuela?


11 posted on 05/16/2013 4:43:53 AM PDT by Raycpa
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To: SampleMan
Only government intervention in a free market can result in a shortage of a basic, readily produced, relatively cheap, product.

Yes, socialism is always the same, any time, any country.

12 posted on 05/16/2013 4:51:59 AM PDT by Freelance Warrior (A Russian.)
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To: Fresh Wind

They can keep her.


13 posted on 05/16/2013 5:06:34 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (NRA Life Member)
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To: Freelance Warrior

Remember, every time you buy gas at Citgo you’re supporting toilet paper hoarders in Caracas. Or something like that.


14 posted on 05/16/2013 5:08:47 AM PDT by Pan_Yan (I believe in God. All else is dubious.)
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To: Freelance Warrior

Cuba has been known over the years for its toilet paper shortages....so I guess Venezuela is sinking deeper into the communist mire.


15 posted on 05/16/2013 5:11:48 AM PDT by Nextrush (A BALANCED BUDGET NOW AND PRESIDENT SARAH PALIN ARE AT THE TOP OF MY LIST)
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To: Freelance Warrior

Coming soon to a bathroom near you.


16 posted on 05/16/2013 5:40:13 AM PDT by bgill (The problem is...no one is watching the Watch List!)
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To: Freelance Warrior

I’ll trade them tp for ammo.


17 posted on 05/16/2013 5:54:37 AM PDT by lacrew (Mr. Soetoro, we regret to inform you that your race card is over the credit limit.)
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To: Nextrush
Cuba has been known over the years for its toilet paper shortages....
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It was always a crap shoot as to if there would be tp in the bathroom...even at the airport.

No shortage of tb when I was in Venezuela years ago but you are not supposed to flush it or there would be white streamers in the creek behind the hotel the next day.

18 posted on 05/16/2013 5:55:36 AM PDT by fungoking (Tis a pleasure to live in the Ozarks)
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To: Freelance Warrior

Corporal Radar O-Reilly must be running the economy down there. Toilet paper is becoming a medium of exhange. . . .


19 posted on 05/16/2013 6:11:13 AM PDT by RatRipper (Self-centeredness, greed, envy, deceit and lawless corruption has killed this once great nation.)
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To: Freelance Warrior

What is it that has been said about TP and ammo?

No ammo in the US and now no TP in Venezuela. Hmmm...


20 posted on 05/16/2013 6:28:29 AM PDT by CPOSharky (zero slogan: Expect less, pay more. (apologies to Target))
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