Breitbart:
Report: Venezuelan Regime ‘Bribe List’ Includes College Degrees, Wiping of Criminal Records.
Government officials in Venezuela offer a bribe menu that allows people to purchase anything from a university degree to a wiping of their criminal record, according to a Bloomberg report published Tuesday.
The list of available bribes is reportedly making its way around WhatsApp. Citizens can allegedly buy a $4,500 passport or pay $400 for a Chilean visa, $7,000 to wipe a criminal record, and $100 for the stamp that certifies university diplomas.
The restaurant style menu list is provided by “fixers,” Bloomberg explains, experiencing a growing demand for their services.
The report underlines the staggering level of corruption afflicting the socialist country, currently experiencing the worst economic and humanitarian crisis in its history. As a result, the demand for visas abroad and new passports have skyrocketed and thousands of people every day seek to join the millions of Venezuelans who have already fled life under Nicolás Maduro’s regime.
Corruption is nothing new in a country where civil servants have had their wages radically suppressed by the ongoing hyperinflation crisis that has left millions of people in dire poverty and without the necessary means to live. Nowadays, those with resources often turn to their wallets to get out of any difficult situation, whether it be handling government red tape or an excessively long supermarket queue.
As well as those who actively seek out to bribe government officials, many police officers also demand “algo pa’l fresco” (“a little something to cool off”) at various checkpoints, mainly so people can pass through without difficulty. Many of those officers are now demanding money in dollars because of the worthlessness of the country’s bolivar currency. more
Socialism is simply wonderful. Let’s try it here in the U.S.
Oh. Wait. We’re already at least halfway there.
Hmmm. Could always use 5 or 6 more university degrees.
@Aaron – I understand you can get a discount on a degree from
La Universidad de Mala Suerte y Golpes Duros in East Caracas.
I could be a doctor.
A Witch Doctor….
And a CPA. Always good to have a fall back plan.
$4,500, $400, $7,000, $100, etc….
Sounds cheap until you realize that it takes a pickup truck to bring enough Venezuelan Pesos to equal those Dollar amounts. Plus, I read that most people have zero money.
Socialism is the institutionalization of anarchy.
Phuck them. Remember, they voted for this several times. The politics of greed and envy spawned chickens that have come home to roost. Somebody might have warned them: Be careful what you wish for, because you might get it.