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   From: not@home.anymore   
      
   Mr.Smartypants wrote:   
      
   > and yet none of you can tell us how much Venezuela subsidizes   
   > their fuel.   
      
   Not what you asked.  You asked for a description of subsidies.  To   
   answer your present question, "Economists estimate that it costs the   
   government of President Hugo Chávez more than $9 billion a year."   
      
   http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/30/world/americas/30venezuela.html   
      
   Do you have better numbers Ronnie or are you just blowing smoke as   
   usual?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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