The US Becomes Venezuela

Submitted by Dave (Canada), Sep 14, 2012 at 09:00

Obama is like Hugo Chavez. The burgeoning class of dependents in the US look to him for sustenance, and see him as a sort of fiscal Robin Hood. It's a kind of popular corruption and will lead America to become like Venezuela as the decent hard-working and independent-minded people are nudged aside by the slobs. As for foreign policy, that just gets in the way of their next handout..

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