Things are bad in Venezuela.  Inflation is running close to 700% this year, the workforce is on a three-day workweek because there's a shortage of electricity, and you can't buy stuff like milk, flour, and cooking oil because store shelves are empty. But leave it to socialism to make the worst out of an already rotten situation. Socialism creates scarcity, so it's not surprising that people who suffer the loss of a loved one can't find – or afford – a decent coffin.  So families are now given the option of burying their loved ones in a cardboard box or renting a regular coffin for the duration of the funeral. Fox News: “It is more expensive to die here than to stay alive,” funeral director Ronald Martínez, from the northern city of Maracay, told Agence France-Presse. The coffin crisis has become so acute that many families have been forced to bring their loved ones to crematoriums in bags. “I...(Read Full Post)