By Robert Laurie ——Bio and Archives--August 23, 2016
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“It’s funny; sometimes American journalists talk about how bad a country is, that people are lining up for food. That is a good thing. In other countries, people don’t line up for food: the rich get the food and the poor starve to death.”Bernie's also had a lifelong affinity for the glorious socialist uprisings throughout South America and in Cuba. You and I might laugh at this, since it's completely asinine, but that's the way the old coot feels. Apparently, it's all part and parcel of thinking the United States has too many choices when it comes to deodorant.
The Venezuelan government has announced it will be fining bakeries that make people stand in lines to buy bread.
The National Superintendency of Fair Prices noted this measure is intended to “dismantle the strategy of generating anxiety” in Venezuelans, as the lines are more of a political decision than they are a reflection of a lack of raw materials. The decision was reportedly made after inspecting at least 1,900 bakeries across the country. Shortages of food and medicine have recently reached 80 percent, according to estimates by the firm Datanalisis. Venezuelans must stand in endless line to obtain ever-scarce resources. However, President of the National Federation of Flour Juan Crespo said in an interview “there is not enough raw material to produce bread.” “The government must understand bakeries are not wheat-processing plants and that the problem is production,” Crespo said.
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