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Originally Posted by moosenose
Well, damn. Hate to tell you this, but Cuban children BELONG to the Cuban Government. And I recently recall that Cuba raised it's standard wage to something like $10 US...a MONTH, not an hour.
I also recall that Cuba has to ration the little things...like MILK. Yeah, boy, they sure as hell imported a lot of milk from the US before the embargo...
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I hate to tell you this, but milk is not essential to a healthy existence. Even so, america rations health care, which do you think is more important? I would imagine that wages matter less than overall quality of life. Do you have any information about the quality of life of the average cuban citizen?
I'd be interested in where you get the idea that cuban children belong to the government.
As a more general question to whomever cares to answer, i also wonder why cuba gets such a bad rap, while china, no stranger to communism and civil rights abuses gets most favored nation trade status?
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Welcome to America...where the poor underclasses manage to afford drug habits that cost hundreds of dollars a week...
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Welcome to america... where every college educated two-breadwinner middle class family living the american dream is one serious health problem away from poverty. Thanks free market for keeping in tune with that great american ideal--"Every person has the opportunity, through hard work and perseverance, to achieve whatever they want, unless someone in their immediate family happens to come down with a serious illness, in which case they're fucked".