RUSH: For the last 20 years the whole world has been able to witness the destruction of Venezuela. And they did it to themselves. It used to be a stable, economically healthy democracy with oil behind the economy. And then Hugo Chavez came in and socialism, and in 20 years the country is literally starving.

Maduro is blaming Trump for this, not Hugo Chavez.  You know why? Well, Trump put sanctions on ’em a month ago. That supposedly is economic war. That doesn’t explain 20 years of decline.

Blaming Trump didn’t solve the starvation problem, either. So Maduro just announced a plan. In addition to telling his people to grow food on their rooftops and their balconies, the government demands that citizens breed rabbits.

That’s right. Rabbits.

Venezuelan’s Urban Agriculture Minister helped President Maduro announce the Rabbit Plan. He said the country has a cultural problem because “we have been taught that rabbits are cute pets.” He said: “A rabbit is not a pet; it is five-point-five pounds of meat that is high in protein, with no cholesterol.”

So there you have it. The socialist Venezuelan government, self-destruction on parade, is now going to cure mass starvation caused by socialism by demanding their starving people breed and eat rabbits.

Hey Bugs, what’s up, doc?