Yet it's zillions of miles away from our way of life.
Cuba is communist controlled.
We the People are in control of our destiny.
In that regard, Notable & Quotable is worth considering:
"From journalist Michael J. Totten's "The Last Communist City" in the spring 2014 issue of City Journal:
In the United States, we have a minimum wage; Cuba has a maximum wage—$20 a month for almost every job in the country. (Professionals such as doctors and lawyers can make a whopping $10 extra a month.) Sure, Cubans get "free" health care and education, but as Cuban exile and Yale historian Carlos Eire says, "All slave owners need to keep their slaves healthy and ensure that they have the skills to perform their tasks."
Even employees inside the quasi-capitalist bubble [for foreign tourists] don't get paid more. The government contracts with Spanish companies such as Meliá International to manage Havana's hotels. Before accepting its contract, Meliá said that it wanted to pay workers a decent wage. The Cuban government said fine, so the company pays $8–$10 an hour. But Meliá doesn't pay its employees directly. Instead, the firm gives the compensation to the government, which then pays the workers—but only after pocketing most of the money. I asked several Cubans in my hotel if that arrangement is really true. All confirmed that it is. The workers don't get $8–$10 an hour; they get 67 cents a day—a child's allowance."
Summing Up
Let's keep America free, compassionate, strong and a fiercely independent leader serving as a wonderful example for the rest of the world's citizens.
Let's get our politicians to start telling the truth and under our control. They work for us.
Let's live within our means as a nation and allow each individual to pursue his or her dreams to the fullest.
Let's guarantee to each citizen equality of opportunity and not equality of results.
We the People are in charge. Let's act like it.
That's my take.
Thanks. Bob.
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