I'd Hate to See The McDonald's Dollar Menu in Venezuela

So how bad are things in the socialist paradise known as Venezuela? An order of french fries at McDonald's will set you back $133. I'd hate to see the Dollar Menu at the McDonald's in Caracas. Of course, most Venezuelans who can get their currency from the black market. In which case, the fries only set you back about $1.15. Still, McDonald's is a luxury for many Venezuelans. The average monthly minimum wage is $12. For nearly a year, you couldn't get fries at McDonald's because currency and price controls imposed first by the late Hugo Chavez and intensified by his successor Nicolas Maduro rendered the importation of potatoes impossible. Now all McDonald's fries are locally sourced. That should make the lefties happy, but this is what happens in a country that runs out of toilet paper. More….