Go ahead and cry for Venezuela. 1992 - Venezuela became the 3rd richest country in the northern hemisphere. 1997 - Venezuela became 2nd largest purchaser of F-150. 2001 - Venezuela voted a socialist president to address “income equality”. 2004 - Venezuela’s  private healthcare is completely socialized.  2007 - all higher education becomes “free”. 2009 - socialist banned private ownership of guns. 2012 - Bernie Sanders said “Venezuelans are living the American dream better that Americans” . 2014 - opposition leaders are imprisoned.  2016 - food shortages become widespread. 2017 - constitution and elections suspended. 2019 - Venezuelans massacred by their own government.