President Hugo Chavez announced Sunday that his government's sweeping reforms toward socialism will include the creation of "collective property."Chavez apparently never took economics 101 because he apparently ignores the fact that every other attempt at socialism has resulted in catastrophic failure and misery for all but the connected elites.
Vowing to undermine capitalism's continued influence in Venezuela during his television and radio program "Hello President," Chavez said state-financed cooperatives would operate under a new concept in which workers would share profits.
"It's property that belongs to everyone and it's going to benefit everyone," said Chavez, a close ally of Cuban leader Fidel Castro whom opponents accuse of leading Venezuela toward Cuba-style communism.
Chavez — a leftist former paratrooper popularly known as "El Comandante" — said his government fully respects private property, but pledged to replace capitalist ideals with socialist principles on cooperatives such as cattle ranches and farms.
"It cannot be production to generate profits for one person or a small group of people that become rich exploiting peons who end up becoming slaves, living in poverty and misery their entire lives," he said.
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Sunday, March 25, 2007
Slouching To Socialism
Collectivization is in the cards for Venezuela as [T]hugo Chavez continues down the road to Venezuela's economic ruin.
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