Originally Posted by Bluesman

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.

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.