At a giant outdoor market held last weekend by the government to address the problems, a street vendor crushed raw sugar cane to sell juice to weary shoppers waiting in line to buy sugar.
"They say there are no shortages, but I'm not finding anything in the stores," grumbled Ana Diaz, a 70-year-old housewife who after eight hours, had managed to fill a bag with chicken, milk, vegetable oil and sugar bought at official prices. "There's a problem somewhere, and it needs to be fixed."
Gonzalo Asuaje, president of the meat processors association Afrigo, said that costs and demand have surged but in four years the government has barely raised the price of beef, which now stands at $1.82 per pound. Simply getting beef to retailers now costs $2.41 per pound without including any markup, he said.
"They want to sell it at the same price the cattle breeder gets for his cow," he said. "It's impossible."
HAHAHAHA
2007-02-08 09:15:48 · 8 answers · asked by zombiefighter1988 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
hard to say from your undisclosed "source". it is not our country and we have no say in it.
2007-02-08 09:21:10 · answer #1 · answered by J Q Public 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The "source" is an Associated Press story. That is where the information is from.
That is what is to be expected when a government tries to regulate prices of goods. Despite any good intentions on the part of the government, the market can't function at the low fixed rates.
It is essentially telling companies to sell their products at zero or negative profits to benefit the poor. The problem, though, is that it creates even more poor people and takes any incentive from the company to continue to provide goods or services. The company will just stop producing the goods, hence shortages.
As harsh as it sounds, companies are not going to operate at a loss out of the goodness of their hearts. Even if a company decided to operate at a loss, the workers who see the declining wages would strike.
2007-02-08 17:44:32 · answer #2 · answered by DEFHALEN1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the people love him. he must be doing something right. he offered bush oil at $50 per barrel when we were paying the saudis $75, and the price of gas was over $3 a gallon.
he gives discount gas to the poor in the US. my lord, look out, this guy might actually be a christian. we should assassinate him immediately before this christianity thing gets contagious.
2007-02-08 17:26:58 · answer #3 · answered by Murphy 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
His people voted him in and so I hope they are happy with what they get. This is the only time I have agreed with american foreign policy. We are leaving this guy alone. I am glad it didnt get into the hes a threat to us and we need to eliminate this terrible dictator.
2007-02-08 18:28:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chavez is becoming another Fidel Castro.
2007-02-09 01:52:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Has there ever been a socialist dictator that has done a good job?...
furthermore...
Has there ever been a leader who tore a democracy down and replaced it with a socialist dictatorship that has done 'a good job'?
2007-02-08 17:31:51 · answer #6 · answered by Corey 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Chavez is a pure Communist.
That's why Democrats like him so much.
2007-02-08 17:24:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes he is..a better job than bush is doing.
2007-02-08 17:22:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋