NationStates Jolt Archive

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Chavez troll. Funny wasn't he trying to get foreign oil companies to come back, jsut a few months before ?

I wonder if somebody on his staff had the balls to pipe up and say, "Hey you know the employees of those companies don't come with the equipment right? We'd still need to pay people to do the work."

I wonder if that somebody still has balls.

I wonder if somebody on his staff had the balls to pipe up and say, "Hey you know the employees of those companies don't come with the equipment right? We'd still need to pay people to do the work."

I wonder if that somebody still has balls.

thats another problem. He will offers these employees much less (well the educated ones that could find new oil at least), and they will instead opt to go work elsewhere.

thats another problem. He will offers these employees much less (well the educated ones that could find new oil at least), and they will instead opt to go work elsewhere.

I would. If I have a skill worth X and Venezuela takes over the employer that is paying X and cuts pay to Y, then I will go where I can still earn X. Unless they intend to go Soviet and shoot you if you try to leave the country. :p

I would. If I have a skill worth X and Venezuela takes over the employer that is paying X and cuts pay to Y, then I will go where I can still earn X. Unless they intend to go Soviet and shoot you if you try to leave the country. :p

Most of their geologist are foreigners, so that's unlikely.

Haha, that rich country rarely have chicken meat and milk, so there.

Eventually nobody would want to do business in Chavezland because of the uncertainty... uncertainty that one day, suddenly, the state will seize your property/company/ownership/life.

Haha, that rich country rarely have chicken meat and milk, so there.

Eventually nobody would want to do business in Chavezland because of the uncertainty... uncertainty that one day, suddenly, the state will seize your property/company/ownership/life.

Most foreign businesses will have had resevrations about investing in Venezuela for years. Now they are unlikely to even loan to a state run business. I can;t even imagine how he can claim to have the long-run economic future of his country as a priority.

Most foreign businesses will have had resevrations about investing in Venezuela for years. Now they are unlikely to even loan to a state run business. I can;t even imagine how he can claim to have the long-run economic future of his country as a priority.

I still wonder why do people keep voting for that idiot.

I still wonder why do people keep voting for that idiot.
A lot of them probably don't. The elections are rigged.

A lot of them probably don't. The elections are rigged...
..and the opposition muzzled. ¡Bienvenidos a Chavezuela! :p

I would. If I have a skill worth X and Venezuela takes over the employer that is paying X and cuts pay to Y, then I will go where I can still earn X. Unless they intend to go Soviet and shoot you if you try to leave the country. :pWhat makes you think he doesn't plan to do just that?

What makes you think he doesn't plan to do just that?

if there are no educated people there is no one to oppose him.

if there are no educated people there is no one to oppose him.
And no one to run the country. Not like it isn't shit already but it hasn't gone completely rural Rawanda yet.

And no one to run the country. Not like it isn't shit already but it hasn't gone completely rural Rawanda yet.

Can't knock him for not trying, though. :)

And no one to run the country. Not like it isn't shit already but it hasn't gone completely rural Rawanda yet.

I was thinking more along the lines of Pol POT Cambodia.