Heh
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Okay, so this isn't really funny: The price of sin rose Monday in Venezuela where President Hugo Chavez is on a campaign to make Venezuelans cut back on drinking and smoking. . . . Alcohol is now 10 percent more expensive; cigarettes are 20 percent pricier. "Really, it's difficult to buy at these prices," she said, then joked, "They say they're going to stop eating so that they can continue drinking."
But this reaction made me chuckle:
"Everyone's shocked," said Leonora Marino, owner of Bodegon Marino in Valencia, Venezuela, west of Caracas.
It's gotten to the point where when people believe "it will really be different this time" and then are "shocked" when it isn't, I have to laugh, or I'd cry my eyes out. But it always amazes me that people who want to control your neighbor's pocketbook rarely stop with you neighbor, or with the pocketbook.
The good news is, this may cause your average Venezuelan to wake up to what is going on. The bad news is, it is probably too late.
And the worst news is, the Venezuelans have done it to themselves.