[Brenda]

GreenTiger GreenTiger:

Brenda Brenda:

$1:

As president, Raul Castro has instituted a series of limited economic reforms, and has warned Cubans that they need to start working harder and expecting less from the government.

Pamper them all their lives and when they mature, kick them out to fend for themselves
I hope you can get it done without too much fighting

Sounds like a Tea PArty in Cuba.

It sounds like bad parenting to me

[Demian_164]

Scape Scape:

It seemed like a good idea at the time. -Castro

lol

[Dragom]

andyt andyt:

So Cuba is going to go down China's road?

Well talking about some economic and policy reforms of a similar nature.

[andyt]

If the US had stopped the embargo, Cuba would probably be a happy capitalist state by now. It's not too late, reach out now. Of course the US isn't really the shining example of the success of capitalism anymore.

[CommanderSock]

At least Cuba's communism didn't have genocide involved. Russ and China have a pretty horrible history with communism. That small island benign communism isn't so bad. It could have been North Korea.

[andyt]

CommanderSock CommanderSock:

At least Cuba's communism didn't have genocide involved. Russ and China have a pretty horrible history with communism. That small island benign communism isn't so bad. It could have been North Korea.

I hope they don't give up on their excellent healthcare and educational systems. Better literacy rate than we have. Time to look at the Scandinavian countries for the right mix.