This Pig Chavez used to at leaste do one thing right. He donated a few tankers of oil to New England (and I am sure other places) for people that could not afford to heat their homes. Especially in the last few years while people were paying record prices to heat their homes.... Well just a few days ago he said that he will no longer supply the oil. His reason was that they could not afford it!!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME! You make record profits and you can not afford to do it? I hope you choke on it and peole stop buying Citgo in New England. I know I will not. Cry me a river Chavez you greedy puke.
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http://www.boston.com/news/local/ma...periled_as_venezuela_halts_its_oil_donations/
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Venezuela, Iran and a number of other petro-rich countries use oil revenues to support their socialist societies. When oil was up, Venezuela could afford this silly propaganda stunt. When they're down, the money comes right out of the average Venezuelan voter's pocket. And the average Venezuelan has a standard of living somewhat below the average American "poor".
At least you have to give it to Chavez. He doesn't start wars that get scores of his own civilians killed when oil prices dip.
Joe Kennedy needs to pick up a copy of the Bible and read the part about "Give a man a fish...". Funny how they seemed to have been able to identify the vicious circle of welfare dependency 2,000 years before they started calling it welfare.
At least you have to give it to Chavez. He doesn't start wars that get scores of his own civilians killed when oil prices dip.
Joe Kennedy needs to pick up a copy of the Bible and read the part about "Give a man a fish...". Funny how they seemed to have been able to identify the vicious circle of welfare dependency 2,000 years before they started calling it welfare.
Chris it costs them nothing to pull the oil out of the ground and very little to ship it up. Reltively speaking of course. As you said the good propoganda of it all was smart. Now he pulls the plug saying that they can not afford it... YA RIGHT!! Let me know how the bad propaganda is treading you now. The oil companies have to take some of the blame for the state that this economy is in. People had to put oil for their heat on credit becasue it went from a dollar a gallon to 4 dollars a gallon in a year. Eventually the credit ran out and they could not afford to buy the stuff any more. Sure you can say speculators.... but you did not hear any of the oil producing nations complaining about the high price did you. They just let the money flow in their direction.
Relatively speaking, they can't afford it. Chavez made a deal with the Venezuelan people. He told them he'd nationalize their natural resources and turn those revenues over to the people in exchange for them keeping him in office. That worked out great when oil was up. Now that it's down, Venezuela needs the money to make up for that shortfall. I'm not saying Venezuela made a good deal- they should have taken those revenues and invested them in education and infrastructure and become the first South American economic world power. But they didn't.
Venezuela is no different than Saudi Arabia, Iran, Kuwait or any of those other oil producing dictatorships or social states. None of them have invested their vast oil fortunes. Bahrain is now finally doing something- high-end tourism. But does that really give you centuries-long economic security?
Lastly, long-term handouts don't work. They're not a solution to any problem. In fact, they prolong the problem and often cause it to be passed on generationally. Subsidizing a subculture permeated with illiteracy and substance abuse only continues the problem. It allows it to exist at a sustainable level- and do be passed along to future generations.
Venezuela is no different than Saudi Arabia, Iran, Kuwait or any of those other oil producing dictatorships or social states. None of them have invested their vast oil fortunes. Bahrain is now finally doing something- high-end tourism. But does that really give you centuries-long economic security?
Lastly, long-term handouts don't work. They're not a solution to any problem. In fact, they prolong the problem and often cause it to be passed on generationally. Subsidizing a subculture permeated with illiteracy and substance abuse only continues the problem. It allows it to exist at a sustainable level- and do be passed along to future generations.
Well I will put it more simply then. They are now going to be getting oil from the Gov. instead of from a non profit org. So now they will be looking to me to pay for their oil. It is ALWAYS better when a church, business, org. can provide for people instead of the Gov....
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