tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post5645408987632134460..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Socialism Taken to the Next Level: Venezuela's New Decree Forces Farm Work On CitizensRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-20290563356763143492016-07-30T10:50:03.377-04:002016-07-30T10:50:03.377-04:00A non-inflation based monetary system... wouldn...A non-inflation based monetary system... wouldn't that be nice? The one we have now is truly responsible for a great deal of our issues. The inflationary nature of it consolidates power, while making it more and more difficult to use the capitalist price mechanism. All-the-while, the inflation creates a large profit class which becomes loathed by all others, ensuring an upheaval of society atBrutushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06885083535036422093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-63113545084050930332016-07-30T01:18:26.210-04:002016-07-30T01:18:26.210-04:00Yep, and the more deader the more better!! The ON... Yep, and the more deader the more better!! The ONLY real way to get out of the mess they are in is to IMMEDIATELY switch over to a free market enterprise system and revert to a REAL monetary system based upon gold, silver and copper. No more of this fiat paper currency that is not backed up by anything of value.<br /> Unfortunately, they won't do ANY of that until the country has Logicianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09026594163006695878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-77968412373129340862016-07-29T23:07:35.872-04:002016-07-29T23:07:35.872-04:00Soviet Union had that for years... Office workers,...Soviet Union had that for years... Office workers, students, and other city workers were sent every year for a couple weeks to some колхоз (kolkhoz, a collective farm) to pick potatoes, or to some овощебаза (ovoshyebahzah, a vegetable warehouse) to sort semi-rotten veggies from completely rotten.<br /><br />Needless to say, this didn't work well, and resulted in far more illness (from routineAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com