Madura is So ******* corrupt and gas prices crashed
Boom
I don't even buy the 'gas prices crash' argument. I've heard this over and over, that it was because the price of oil dropped, that all the problems started in Venezuela.
But that doesn't fit reality. When you look at when all the troubles in Venezuela started, it started all the way back in 2003. They hard shortages of food in 2003.
Why didn't they have food shortages in 1998? In 1998, I remember filling up my truck, with gasoline at the price of 78¢ a gallon. It has never been that cheap to this day. Why didn't Venezuela implode in 1998?
I'll tell you why. The economy was still largely free-market capitalist based. That's the only reason.
Equally prices were going UP from 2003 to 2008... and shortages were GROWING across Venezuela.
How can that happen if higher oil prices were such a boon for Venezuela? I'll tell you why. Left-wing socialist ideology was being rolled out across Venezuela. So it didn't matter how much oil was worth... socialism always fails.
Socialism ALWAYS... fails. Doesn't matter how much you feed it.... it will fail. Doesn't matter what the oil prices were, socialism never works. Government control, never works.