Monthly Salary of $20 Shows Why Venezuelans Wait in Food Lines (AND WHY YOUR MONETARY SYSTEM IS EVERYTHING!)

``On the black market, where people and businesses turn when they can't obtain government approval to purchase dollars at the three legal rates, one dollar currently buys about 280 bolivars. The currency has fallen 38 percent on the black market this year alone, pushing the minimum wage down to about $20 a month. That's on par with Ethiopia and well behind regional peers including Colombia and Brazil, according to WageIndicator.org data. ''