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Old 02-19-2008, 08:23 AM   #16 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by BenRoethig View Post
To be honest, Cuba hasn't modernized very much since Castro took over. Add to that the large subsidies paid by the Russians are long since gone.
You could tell that communism doesn't work just from one simple fact: Cuba couldn't even grow SUGAR anymore, and that's dam' near the only thing they've got! It's a ramshackle place with everything falling apart, just like ANY non-free and centrally-planned economic system run on lunatic theory and madhouse principle.

Well, Raul has already decided that $20 a month is note enough to live on.[/quote]
Exactly; HE DECIDED. But I bet HE doesn't miss any meals, does he?

Tell ya, Ben: me and you oughta head down there as soon as the commies get swept away, buy up some beachfront, and open the coolest tiki bar and resort condo in the Caribbean. I'd never come back.
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