Quote Originally Posted by Thaihome View Post
I think it is how populist movements such as the one Chavez is running turns out. If you think socialism is the answer to closing the gap between rich and poor and makes a country a better place, then you would probably agree it is a good idea.

Personally, I think Chavez is running out steam (and oil) and is trying put off the inevitable reckoning that will come when the country collapses do to his economic policies.
TH
I read on the MSM over the past couple of days that Venezuela has overtaken Saudi for top spot in known oil reserves. It seems they're discovering oil all over the place, and with Chavez said to have cancer it may be he would like to create a lasting ultra-socialist dynasty while he can and to hell with the consequences. Or become the richest corpse in the cemetery.

But of course the MSM have been known to fib occasionally.