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In reply to the discussion: Venezuela to create new workers militia [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)hunger and shortages of essentials are two very different things and they represent two very different issues. One is a problem of compassion -- or a lack thereof on the part of lawmakers, the other is a problem of basic competence of government as well as corruption and greed in government.
These shortages are being inflicted across the board in VZ. That's not the case in USA.
Certainly, as with everything, there's a black market for these items, but in VZ one would have to be middle class and up to afford them, AND the money people use to buy these items on the black market is money that isn't going to stimulate the VZ economy in other ways--Fire the housekeeper, we want chicken and arepas and we haven't enough money for both.