sidor grew along with the city. Founded by the government in the 1960s, the company was privatized in the 1990s before being nationalized by Mr. Chávez in 2008. But production has plummeted by about 60 percent since the government takeover, and analysts blame mismanagement, corruption and a lack of investment and maintenance. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/07/w...re-the-fissures-in-post-chavez-venezuela.html
I don't think I'm going to continue with the US. There seems to be no way out of the debt thingy. When the US finally has to capitulate in one form or another and the rest of the world stops wasting resources propping it up, the rest of the world should go into a pretty good expansion, no? I want to live somewhere wherein the people aren't so abysmally dumb also. American food and medicine is a horror story as well, who wants ANY of this moronic s&%t that the US has become?
It's an interesting time we live in. The future doesn't exactly look bright in the US, but what is the better alternative? I'm not sure I can find one.
zdreg, you can always renounce your citizenship. WTF is it with "patriots" and their insufferable whining?
"don't think" doesn't cut it. it means you will do nothing. emigration for the middle class hasn't reached the tipping point, yet. maybe spend a week in detriot. as to continuing with the US remember the US has an incarceration rate 3-6x of most european countries. maybe you will end up with rent free living quarters, since based upon the laws on the books 90%+ americans are law breakers and the other 10% are under the age of 5.
zdreg, are you referring to that certain Constitution written to protect the interests of wealthy, white property owners, that we call the Constitution of the United States? If so, I suppose you are opposed then to all those amendments aimed at weakening the original intent. Or do you, for some non-patriotic reason, prefer the weakened version? Also here is a question for you, since you are a "patriot". Why is that you and other patriots insist on foisting off socialized medicine on our returning warriors, and even champion the strengthening of this socialized, communist, VA medical care paid for with money confiscated by the government from white male property holders. I thought you were opposed to socialized anything! Isn't socialized medicine incompatible with your patriotic fervor. What interest can the white male property owner possibly have in paying for the medical care of poor, non-white soldiers. Why not just let them either buy individual Blue Cross Blue Shield policies in the free and unfettered market place, or let them die -- it should be their choice, right? Think of the money you will save if you bring this socialized medicine nightmare to a halt, and save your patriot soul and purse.
sooo.... Obama appoints new Main Money Printer... she will keep on trying to stimulate job growth [and does she care whether new jobs are in the public sector or private?] without regard to asset values... Conclusion: Venezuela is the new normal for the US without a doubt. When the US defaults and loses it's reserve currency status it will be easy to find better places to live. At first the whole world's economy will be rocked but how long does that period of adjustment take? What.. a few weeks maybe? Then everybody will find that they don't have to prop up the US anymore and the rest of the world will go into a boom!