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[–] Broc_Lia ago 

Well, there's a private sector in the sense that, if a supermarket wants to import some beef and sell it at market rates, they can do that. I wouldn't say the US food supply is a free market by any means, but if prices need to rise due to scarcity, they're allowed to.

Plus, the US produces most of it's own food, whereas I gather Venezuela is fairly reliant on imports. Creating unrealistic price ceilings in that climate means those goods will no longer be sold.

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[–] B3bomber 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Sounds like they had poor planning all around. Those people will suffer because of it while the wealthy run off with the loot.