WEBVTT - Rush Limbaugh Mar 01, 2021

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<v Speaker 1>The Washington Post just ran a long article title From

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<v Speaker 1>Riches to Rags, and it's about Venezuela. Venezuela used to

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<v Speaker 1>be one of South America's wealthiest nations, but now is

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<v Speaker 1>one of the poorest. The Post describes how this oil

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<v Speaker 1>rich country is Latin America's new underclass because it's buckling

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<v Speaker 1>under the weight of Venezuela's descent into socialism. There's no food,

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<v Speaker 1>there's no electricity, there's no money. Every day, five thousand

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<v Speaker 1>people flee the country trying to escape starvation. In the

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<v Speaker 1>last two years, two million have fled, another two million

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<v Speaker 1>will leave this year. Women women risk being raped and

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<v Speaker 1>attacked by smugglers, members of the upper class, skilled professionals.

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<v Speaker 1>They are abandoning their property, taking jobs as day laborers

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<v Speaker 1>in other countries. But life is worse for those who

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<v Speaker 1>stay in Venezuela. It's also totally predictable, and I did

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<v Speaker 1>predict it when Hugo Chavez came to power back in

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<v Speaker 1>But our brilliant liberal elite, including Hollywood stars, praised Chabez

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<v Speaker 1>and has chosen six us her socialist dictator, Nicholas Maduro.

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<v Speaker 1>American liberals always celebrate socialism, just as they're doing today

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<v Speaker 1>in the Democrat Party because they see it as total power.

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<v Speaker 1>Even though it fails every time it's tried, they still

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<v Speaker 1>think it hasn't been tried by the right people with

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<v Speaker 1>the right amount of money, m