Venezuelan toilet paper shortage an unwelcome symptom of socialism

The problem with socialism, Margaret Thatcher is credited with saying, is that you eventually run out of other people's money. But the late Mrs. Thatcher — heroic conservative prime minister of Great Britain — was too well-mannered to tell people what actually comes next. So I'll have to do it. After socialists run out of other people's money, the people eventually run out of something almost as precious as money: Toilet paper. More…