Venezuela – United States

by Tom Tunny, Hamilton

Please don’t be fooled into thinking that if you vote for an authoritarian like DJ Trump, and you don’t like the new system, that you can vote him out the next time around.

He recently told a Christian Convention that if they vote for him this time, they won’t have to worry about voting again because he will fix things. By fixing things he meant that there will be no more voting.

The recent events in Venezuela illustrate this. My wife and I lived in Venezuela for six years in the 1990s. We were there when Hugo Chavez was elected president in 1998. Many Venezuelans were poor, but there was a wealthy class who controlled all of the industries, including the oil industry. Sound familiar?

There was not much of a “middle class” in Venezuela.

The poor and middle class Venezuelans were led to believe that their lives would be better if they voted for Chavez.

After his election, the economy went into a nose-dive. Chavez kicked out all of the foreign oil companies that had been drilling in Lake Maracaibo. He said he could do it better himself.

Sound familiar (“only I can fix it”)?

Venezuela has one of the largest oil deposits in the world, but without western expertise, they cannot drill and process the oil.

The country has gone from bad to worse over the years, which is why more than 8 million Venezuelans have left the country and many of them have arrived in America.

The most recent elections were a sham. President Maduro claims to have won, but polling by the Carter Center indicates that the democratic opposition won 70% of the vote!

We will face the same fate here in the United States if Trump is elected. There will either be no further elections or if there are, they will be rigged.

The United States will be doomed to the same fate as Venezuela, Hungary, Russia, China, and many other countries that have also been duped.

Keep in mind what Trump has said. He only wants to be dictator for one day (when he can do away with those pesky elections)… and “drill, baby, drill”!

Benjamin Franklin was asked 237 years ago if we have a Monarchy or a Republic. He answered that we have a Republic. “If you can keep it!” 

Let’s not vote it away!