re: Boy the economy in Cuba is really getting bad

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This country is literally

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Of course Demone uses the word "literally" like he's a 14yo girl. How fitting

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Exactly. Once I read his initial statement I read no further.

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I wasnt discussing the education system in Louisiana, why do you bring up your lack of reading skills?

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Despite that, there was a fairly strong sense of community. They seemed joined by their collective misery.

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So, NOLA.

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because we are so damn close to being Cuba

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Don’t fret. You people are trying your best. Communism is patient. You’ll get there one day.

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they asked the UN food program for powdered milk to feed kids. This one fact is VERY telling.

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The UN and nestle are responsible for tens of thousands of child deaths due to powdered milk

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I wonder how it would look if they abandoned communism .

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China was suffering a famine due to Mao's state collective farms run strictly adhering to communist ideology. The result of everyone getting "paid" the same regardless of what they actually contributed was that the slackers took advantage to the point that the hard workers who carried all of the load were pissed and laid back too. Food production fell.

After Mao's death, the collective farms were broken up and the land was given to individual farmers. The farmers got to keep and sell anything above the state quota. That year the famine ended.

Surprising. People work harder and production increases when they are rewarded for their labor. How radical. This has only been known for thousands of years yet these idiots still think communism works.

The future isn’t looking good either. 10% of the workface aged population has left for other countries in the last 2 years I think.

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for the first time in this govt's history, they asked the UN food program

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There have been many hard times in Cuba but the leaders would never ask for food aid because it would be admitting that communism fails. Today there is some private enterprise going on in Cuba. Home owners are allowed to do bed and breakfast rooms for tourists. They are higher quality than hotels because home owners are competing with other home owners. Hotels don't compete. They get the same payment from govt whether they have tourists are not. So they don't give a shite if you like your room.

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I plan on going to Cuba in December. I expect it to be one of the rougher trips I have done but looking forward to it most Cubans are good peeps.

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The beaches are in very good shape according to my son. He was a Marine at Gitmo.
The US dollar is king in Cuba. You can buy a lot for cheap. Their money is worthless.