Socialism Leads to Water Shortages in Venezuela

[Manonthestreet]

Hugo Chavez: Fighting crime by disarming innocent people
In recent remarks to the Latin American Herald Tribune, Venezuelan Interior and Justice Minister Tareck El Aissami announced that the government will begin suspending firearm importation, effective this month. Furthermore, local gunsmiths will no longer be able to market or sell firearms and ammunition.

 

[Manonthestreet]

Farms were sacrificed long ago......now their idiocy is catching up with them.

"In 2012, California's 80,500 farms and ranches received $42.6 billion for their output. California remained the number one state in cash farm receipts with 11.3 percent of the US total.

"The state accounted for 15 percent of national receipts for crops and 7.1 percent of the US revenue for livestock and livestock products. Exports totaled $18.18 billion in value which represents an eight percent increase over the previous year.

"California's agricultural abundance includes more than 400 commodities. The state produces nearly half of US-grown fruits, nuts and vegetables. Across the nation, US consumers regularly purchase several crops produced solely in California."

CDFA > STATISTICS

Obama: I’ll veto bill that will provide water to California’s Central Valley
Ed Morrissey, Feb 29, 2012.

Obama: I?ll veto bill that will provide water to California?s Central Valley « Hot Air that's after it had been turned off couple yrs I believe. Govt turned it into a desert.

 

[JakeStarkey]

Where are they failing

Do you have something specific in mind

Sent from smartphone using my wits and Taptalk

American towns' systems fail all the time, so it must be the failure of the American system.

Guys, you look stupid every time with your generic statements that mean nothing.

You mean like, "American towns' systems fail all the time, so it must be the failure of the American system"?

Yep, it is called spoof satire, FRank.

Opinions are fine but facts and reasoned analysis, which from the far right and far left are few and wide between, would be nice.

 

[SteadyMercury]

you all better buy generators and toilet paper while you can

And USMB's most insane drama queen weighs in again...

 

[FireFly]

Well Obama and comrades are just getting started on us with electricity and heat for your homes

you all better buy generators and toilet paper while you can

Generators and toilet paper are the stupidest investments you could make.

 

[Stephanie]

Well Obama and comrades are just getting started on us with electricity and heat for your homes

you all better buy generators and toilet paper while you can

Generators and toilet paper are the stupidest investments you could make.

ok, stay in the dark, freeze your ass and wipe with corn cobs..I dont' care

 

[Toro]

So when our American towns' sewage systems fail, we can blame it on the American system.

If it was creating shortages in many other goods like they are in Venezuela, then yes.

 

[ScienceRocks]

Pure socialism always leads towards failure. No input and doesn't advance people.

 

[georgephillip]

"In reacting to the protests in Venezuela, the biggest Western media outlets have drafted a charmingly simple narrative of the situation there. According to this story, peaceful protesters have risen up against a government because of shortages, high inflation, and crime. They have taken to the streets and been met with brutal repression from a government that also controls the media.

It doesn’t take much digging to take down this narrative. First, while there have been some peaceful opposition marches, the daily protests are anything but peaceful.

"In fact, about half of the daily death toll from Venezuela that we see in the media – now at 41 -- are actually civilians and security forces apparently killed by protesters.

"A much smaller fraction are protesters alleged to have been killed by security forces.

"As for the media, state TV in Venezuela has only about 10 percent of the TV audience; the New York Times recently had to run a correction for falsely reporting that opposition voices are not regularly heard on Venezuelan TV.

"They are on TV, even calling for the overthrow of the government – which has been the announced goal of the protest leaders from the beginning..."

"Of course the increased shortages and rising inflation over the past year have had a political impact on Venezuela, but it is striking that the people who are most hurt by shortages are decidedly not joining the protests.

"Instead, the protests are joined and led by the upper classes, who are least affected."

The Story of Venezuela?s Protests May Be Different From What You Are Told | Op-Eds & Columns

 

[Old Rocks]

Pure socialism always leads towards failure. No input and doesn't advance people.

As does pure capitalism.

 

[Old Rocks]

http://rt.com/usa/160284-texas-communities-drought-water-supply/

Dozens of Texas communities are feeling the effects of a water shortage that could render them without water within three months, a situation that would not only make residents thirsty but also hurt the economy.

No less than 34 municipalities throughout the state have warned that they are at risk of drying up entirely by the end of the summer, 12 of which warned they do not expect to have water within 45 days.

Bandera County, located in the center of the state, is among the worst hit regions, with Texans in Pebble Beach complaining that a small lake that their property sits on has receded by at least a mile. Green grass and plants have been replaced by flaky dirt, with the normally dense population of animals seeking water elsewhere. Residents have either hired a trucking service that delivers water from outside the area or spent tens of thousands of dollars to dig for it

Damned commies running Texas, letting it dry up.

 

[georgephillip]

"Water scarcity is a major challenge, affecting
every continent on the Earth (Figure 1). Water
scarcity occurs when water demand nears (or
exceeds) the available water supply.

"Nearly 20%
of the world’s population, or 1.2 billion people,
live in areas of physical water scarcity, where
water withdrawals for agriculture, industry, and
domestic purposes exceed 75% of river flows
(IWMI 2007).

"An additional 500 million people live
in areas approaching physical scarcity. Another
1.6 billion people live in areas of economic water
scarcity, where water is available but human
capacity or financial resources limit access. In
these areas, adequate infrastructure may not be
available or if it is available, the distribution of
water may be inequitable (IWMI 2007)."

http://www.pacinst.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/pacinst-global-water-governance-in-the-21st-century.pdf

 

[Toro]

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CÚCUTA, Colombia—Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's sliding popularity amid persistent street protests can be partly blamed on the humming smuggling market on this border, which shows how Colombia's unbridled free-market capitalism is eclipsing Venezuela's socialism and hurting ordinary Venezuelans. ...

With its heavy intervention in the economy, Venezuela now imports three-quarters of what it consumes but loses a third of its goods to illegal cross-border trade, its government estimates. Some economists say Caracas exaggerates the smuggling problem to mask its own inability to keep supermarkets stocked. ...

Stifled by inefficient state-owned factories and price controls, domestic production in Venezuela has plummeted. Moreover, the massive weakening of Venezuela's currency makes its goods cheaper in Colombia. These factors lead to frequent shortages that make life especially trying for Venezuelans along the border, where smugglers leave little behind on store shelves. ...

The resulting distortions are most visible in street markets in Cúcuta. Here, one kilogram of Primor brand rice bought in Venezuela at the regulated price of nine bolívares—about 13 cents at the black-market exchange rate—is sold for 1,700 Colombian pesos, or 89 cents, merchants say. The popular Venezuelan brand of corn flour Harina P.A.N., used to make the ubiquitous corn cakes known as arepas, fetches similar profit. Stacks of its iconic yellow packaging can be found all over roadside markets here. ...

"Everything you see on this street is Venezuelan," Alejandro Valbuena, a 32-year-old merchant, said on a recent day as a steady stream of loading trucks hauled in crates of dishwashing detergent and diapers behind him. "Looking around here, you can tell why socialism doesn't work."

Venezuela Pays Price for Smuggling - WSJ

 

[jon_berzerk]

suppose that the upper class and those connected

with the government are short on water

or toilet paper for that matter

 

[rdean]

Socialism Leads to Water Shortages in Venezuela

Funny, in this country, it's GOP inaction and blockades.