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There\u2019s no food.<\/p>\nRUSH: The Washington Post just ran a long article titled From Riches to Rags, and it\u2019s about Venezuela. Venezuela used to be one of South America\u2019s wealthiest nations, but is now one of the poorest.<\/p>\n
The Post describes how this oil-rich country is Latin America\u2019s \u201cnew underclass,\u201d because it\u2019s buckling under the weight of Venezuela\u2019s descent into socialism.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s no food.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s no electricity.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s no money.<\/p>\n
Every day, 5,000 people flee the country, trying to escape starvation. In the last two years, two million have fled; another two million will leave this year.<\/p>\n
Women? Women risk being raped and attacked by smugglers. Members of the upper class and skilled professionals are abandoning their property and taking jobs as day-laborers in other countries. But life is worse for those who stay in Venezuela.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s all so totally predictable — and I did predict it when Hugo Chavez came to power in 1999. But our brilliant liberal elite, including Hollywood stars, praised Chavez and his chosen successor, socialist dictator Nicolas Maduro.<\/p>\n
American liberals always celebrate socialism just as they\u2019re doing today in the Democrat Party, because they see it as total power. Even though it fails every time it\u2019s tried, they still think it hasn\u2019t been tried by the right people with the right amount of money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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