Originally Posted By DAR if it isn't already. Just thought I'd let everyone know. <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070816/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/venezuela_constitutional_reform;_ylt=Aiv3QLOu0m7r2LOM1J.fFhS3IxIF" target="_blank">http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200 70816/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/venezuela_constitutional_reform;_ylt=Aiv3QLOu0m7r2LOM1J.fFhS3IxIF</a>
Originally Posted By wahooskipper Great, I will have more non-English speaking neighbors here in S. Florida in the next few years.
Originally Posted By DouglasDubh I just don't understand why people keep voting for communists. This is what they do.
Originally Posted By Elderp I am not for this guy in anyway, but you gotta see the way the majority of Venezuela is seeing it. For years the mass poor of Venezuela have been getting exploited by those professing to be Capitalists. Then comes this guy promises them a job, food, and shelter. He gets it for them, they are going to vote for him. Unfortunately, time has proven that in the end no one really can handle that much of power. They rationalize themselves into getting more power to the point where there is no check on them. Then, at some point they go wacko and it is all downhill from there. In a way the US and Britain is partially to blame for this as our energy companies were openly exploiting Venezuelas resources. I can't help to think that if we'd have shared the wealth a little bit this wouldn't have to happen, but we too got greedy.
Originally Posted By jmoore1966 <<Some of the more sweeping constitutional reforms proposed by Chavez Wednesday night would extend presidential terms from six to seven years and eliminate current limits on his re-election. He also wants the central government to have greater control over local government and would end the autonomy of Venezuela's Central Bank — potentially funneling billions of dollars in foreign reserves into social programs. Chavez called for a transition to "a new society" that will lift millions in the oil-rich nation out of poverty. He said the constitutional changes are necessary so that capitalism in Venezuela "finishes dying" to allow his socialist revolution to flourish. But his opponents see the move as another power grab by an increasingly autocratic leader and fear he wants to steer Venezuela toward Cuban-style communism.>> Hmmm... You think?
