On Halloween Brazil elected a former Marxist guerrilla to become their new President. For a country that has been experiencing very rapid economic growth over the past 20 years, I would expect the good times to soon be at an end. I don't know if she has renounced Marxism, but earlier in her life she decided it prudent to become a militant communist. Once a Marxist, always a Marxist, right? If she decides to do to Brazil what Hugo Chavez has been doing to Venezuela, the end result is high unemployment and currency devaluation. Private enterprise gets strangled, and business stops investing in the economy.
And yes, I realize that the outgoing President was a wildly popular leftist who was not allowed by the constitution to run for another term. I suppose the left can claim some credit for the economic success that Brazil has enjoyed recently, but trust me, you can get too much of a "good thing"...
i heard obama congratulated her too. how much do you think that was a "real" congrats versus a political type "yeah i'll congratulate her because its politically required to do so" congrats?
ReplyDeletei think he sees an ideological cousin there brazil.
You should refrain from making posts about things you know so little about. It makes you look ignorant and sound pompus.
ReplyDeleteBe a conservative - your call. But why bother to gratuitously throw mindless mud halfway around the world?