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Re:How Bad Off Is Oil-Rich Venezuela? It’s Buying U.S. Oil by metaphorm on Tuesday September 20, 2016 @03:53PM (#12542764)
> A country like Venezuela should "kind of work" even with corruption and inefficient socialism! What the heck is going on there?

its not just a little corruption. it's absolutely stunning batshit off the charts rampant corruption.

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Re:How Bad Off Is Oil-Rich Venezuela? It’s Buying U.S. Oil by MrZongle2 on Tuesday September 20, 2016 @04:18PM (#12542984)
"Well, let's say this Twinkie represents the normal amount of corruption in a socialist country. Based on this latest report, it would be a Twinkie thirty-five feet long, weighing approximately six hundred pounds."
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