Posted on 12/02/2011 3:04:05 PM PST by grundle
That is quite an interesting coincidence.
Thank you for clarifying your experience with an essay on Wiki. Too bad. Wiki has wonderful potential and an amazing code. But everyone knows that it cannot be trusted.
Are we sure this isn’t an internet hoax? It’s not like there aren’t tons of liberal Wikipedia articles and few if any conservative ones.
I was trying to figure that out too.
They are a Soros infested organization.
This is what he added:
Since 2003, Chavez has been setting strict price controls on food, and these price controls have been causing shortages and hoarding.[260] In January 2008, Chavez ordered the military to seize 750 tons of food that sellers were illegally trying to smuggle across the border to sell for higher prices than what was legal in Venezuela.[261] In February 2009, Chavez ordered the military to temporarily seize control of all the rice processing plants in the country and force them to produce at full capacity, which he claimed they had been avoiding in response to the price caps.[262] In May 2010, Chavez ordered the military to seize 120 tons of food from Empresas Polar.[263] In March 2009, Chavez set minimum production quotas for 12 basic foods that were subject to price controls, including white rice, cooking oil, coffee, sugar, powdered milk, cheese, and tomato sauce. Business leaders and food producers claimed that the government was forcing them to produce this food at a loss.[264] Chávez has nationalized many large farms. Chávez said of the farmland, "The land is not private. It is the property of the state." Some of the farmland that had been productive while under private ownership is now idle under government ownership, and some of the farm equipment sits gathering dust. As a result, food production has fallen substantially. One farmer, referring to the government officials overseeing the land redistribution, stated, "These people know nothing about agriculture."[265] Chávez has seized many supermarkets from their owners. Under government ownership, the shelves in these supermarkets are often empty.[266] In 2010, after the government nationalized the port at Puerto Cabello, more than 120,000 tons of food sat rotting at the port.[267] In May 2010, after price controls caused shortages of beef, at least 40 butchers were arrested, and some of them were held at a military base and later strip searched by police.[268]
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