Dear Socialists of America: Let’s Chat About Venezuela

Commentary by Mary Ramirez on The Blaze.com (Jan. 4):

Comedian Jeff Foxworthy’s signature “You Might Be a Redneck” routine was running through my head these last few days as I thought about Venezuela and socialism.

No really, I promise there’s a connection.

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Let’s borrow Foxworthy’s line of logic here for a minute and apply it to the socialist-laced collapse of a country that should otherwise be one of the richest nations in the world:

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If an order of McDonald’s fries costs you the USD equivalent of $126 (oh and by the way, that’s 9 percent of your monthly wages), youuuuuu might be living in a socialist country.

If your local state-run grocery store shelves are stocked with the same couple of items (when they’re stocked at all), youuuuuu might be living in a socialist country.

If your president ordered a 30 percent minimum wage increase (the 33rd hike in 17 years) and yet “minimum wage is now only about 20 percent of the cost of feeding a family of five,” youuuuuu might be living in a socialist country.

If what it once cost you to buy breakfast, lunch and dinner now barely gets you breakfast, youuuuuu might be living in a socialist country.

If you wait in line for hours for “a couple of little bags of flour or some butter,” youuuuuu might be living in a socialist country.  [read more]

Yea, Cuba and N. Korea could fit these descriptions too. And America if it’s not careful.

The Left thinks socialism is cool but the Commoners who live under it know otherwise. The Ruling class don’t mind it all. They aren’t the ones who are suffering.