[doldrumsforgop]

what I noticed in article was we had imports of $48bn in 2008 from Venezuela and in 2014 it was only $26mm, a 99.5% drop

Low oil prices are a boon to America if it can defeat its enemies this way.

[dp0622]

wow

[TMSuchman]

How are they paying for it? If they are so broke....

[DoughtyOne]

[DannyTN]

We’re not going to defeat our enemies by using up our own oil while their’s sits in the ground waiting for another day.

[Paladin2]

We should nationalize Citgo.

[Tea Party Terrorist]

Venezuela has always had to import light, sweet crude to mix with its high sulfur thick oil.

Now that the US is allowed to export oil again, shipping costs are much cheaper for VZ.

[MasterGunner01]

But, El Presidente Maduro has told Venezuelan supporters that they will be living in luxury in their new socialist utopia... NOT. Robbing Peter to pay Paul ends when Paul runs out of money. This is something that socialists never seems to understand.

[CtBigPat]

If the Marxists took over the Sahara, they would soon be importing sand.

[GeronL]

They should be importing toilet paper and food.

[GeronL]

Their government nationalized the oil industry and then turned it into a political tool where they hired so many useless people and thugs with what money it made, and then production declined because these political hires don’t know their job and the government didn’t buy parts, train workers etc

socialism fails

[GeronL]

Venezimbabwe is a messed up country

[SkyDancer]

All those oil exporting countries that was lording over us about oil imports are now coming to us - isn’t karma a biatch?

[Rusty0604]

Hope they paid for it.

[Krosan]

That shows exactly how bad it is that Comrade Sanders has so many votes.