Letter: Venezuela is a good example of how socialism is a corrupt idea - Gainesville Times

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Letter: Venezuela is a good example of how socialism is a corrupt idea

Light rays enter through the windows of Sidor’s Palanquilla steel plant Nov. 7, 2017, in Ciudad Guayana, Bolivar state, Venezuela. In 2008 President Hugo Chavez began putting these factories, then owned by conglomerates from Japan and Argentina, under the state’s control. Output steadily eroded even before the oil price crash. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

01032018 VENEZUELA — Light rays enter through the windows of Sidor’s Palanquilla steel plant Nov. 7, 2017, in Ciudad Guayana, Bolivar state, Venezuela. In 2008 President Hugo Chavez began putting these factories, then owned by conglomerates from Japan and Argentina, under the state’s control. Output steadily eroded even before the oil price crash. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Many Democrats want socialism. Apparently they do not understand what is happening in Venezuela.