[WildHighlander57]

That country should be a wake-up call to anyone here even thinking about trying similar policies.

Hey Bernie, I’m talkin to you!

Socialism don’t work!

[BenLurkin]

[PAR35]

congressional elections that gave the opposition a veto-proof majority

Didn't the communist thugs on the Venezuela Supreme Court take care of that 'veto proof majority' by throwing out 3 opposition legislators?
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/13/venezuela-opposition-national-assembly-deadlock-resign

Looks like the Washington Post needs to keep up with the news.

[Popman]

The Bernie zombies will not make the connection....

Venezuela is the logical end result of Bernies socialist utopian ideology....

[SaveFerris]

[Venezuela is on the brink of a complete economic collapse]

Substitute ‘America’ for the first word there and you have the Obama presidency summed up in one sentence. Now, in November, we’ll have to suspend elections, mind you, to deal with the economic crisis. /OK admit that’s tinfoil

[SaraJohnson]

Bernie’s Utopia!!!!

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Caracas is the world’s murder capital.

[bgill]

And they have been for goodness knows how long.

[volunbeer]

The system worked well for Hugo and his family - his daughter is now quite wealthy and I am sure the rest of his family made out like bandits.

Hope the little people enjoy what their champion did for them.

[Rome2000]

Send in “Josh Earnest”

[Lurker]

Good. Stupid is supposed to hurt.

L

[stocksthatgoup]

Calling Jimmy Carter and Sean Penn

[tflabo]

Not a peep from those Hollyweird morons like Sean Penn and Danny Glover— both Chavistas in once dying adoration for their holy leftist rebel in red. Hugo is now dead just like their ignorant, no-nothing brains.

[going hot]

Send sanders down there, he knows the Rx to fix it!

[pieceofthepuzzle]

Of course it is. Socialism hurts people.

[PA Engineer]

Could it get worse. It is.

Pregnant women in scarcity-hit Venezuela battle to dodge Zika

[CPT Clay]

With the price of oil so low, I wouldn’t doubt it.

[Lil Flower]

So I guess now we’ll be taking in Venezuelan refugees.

And then WE’LL be forced to give them, free housing, free food, free healthcare, our jobs (if they want to work of course) and they’ll be like the Mexicans living in our country off of our backs and living better than us.

‘Merica!

[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

But, but, but.....how can that be?

Venezuela is supposed to be the flagship of communism!

[DiogenesLamp]

Now, there's nothing wrong with that, in fact, it's a good idea in general, but only as long as you actually, well, have the money to spend. And by 2005 or so, Venezuela didn't.

I take exception to this assertion.

You cannot help the poor by giving them things. There is no amount of money that will be ever sufficient. The idea is bad, even if you have surplus money with which to implement it. (for awhile.)