May 12
If you publically opposed Hugo Chavez you paid a price:
Between late 2002 and August 2004, more than 4.7 million Venezuelans signed petitions in favor of a recall election for Chavez despite widespread threats that signers would be punished.
That petition was public and was distributed throughout the public sector (i.e. government). And lo and behold… opposition voters had 5% drop in earnings and a 1.5% drop in employment rates.
Vengeance had a cost for everybody in Venezuela… a 3% drop in G.D.P. attributable to the misallocation of workers due to “paying back” opposition voters.
Is Obama keeping a list?
Oh… I guess he is.