Comments by "Helen Trope" (@heliotropezzz333) on "Venezuela's chronic shortage of medicines - BBC News" video.

  1. Because capitalist countries like to US turn against them. If you listened the video says the US does not allow the drugs to be exported to Venezuela.
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  2. ReeseL4D. The cheapest food in countries where people don't grow or make it themselves (processed food) is full of fat, sugar and salt and large corporations push large portions at people as a way of selling as much as possible. Sugar is addictive and salt brings out flavour so it's easy for people to eat too much. Also, they don't work it off as many US citizens don't get enough exercise. They work long hours in static situations and go everywhere in their cars. It's the American dream, which can turn into a nightmare, especially when healthcare may be unaffordable for many.
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  3. Monarchist 18. The "Iron Lady " was shallow and trite in her thinking. It's not "someone else's money". It's mine and many people like me. If we vote for a government that offers welfare, and that government is popular enough to be elected, and we pay taxes, that's our decision. It's not using "other people's money". If welfare is non existent in Venezuela, to me that is not a socialist country or maybe it suffers too much from corruption. They should have used their oil revenue better, but the USA is not helping if it's banned the sale of medical drugs to Venezuela, as stated in the video.
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  4. Johnny Chang. Yep. They were incompetent. It doesn't prove that socialism doesn't work. It just proves that this government didn't work. How many capitalist governments are incompetent or corrupt? Quite a few.
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