Even toilet paper is rationed!
Cuban officials say the shortage is the result of the global financial crisis and three devastating hurricanes last summer, which forced cuts in imports as well as domestic production because of reductions in electricity and imports of raw materials.They're using copies of newspapers as a substitute. This is the country that Rep. Diane Watson was singing praises about. Yeah, Castro is so brilliant, he can't even keep his people supplied with toilet paper.But CNN commentator Fareed Zakaria says that ``at the bottom of this toilet paper shortage is Cuba's continuing commitment to its bizarro world of socialist economics.''
``Cuba's disastrous economy would be a joke were it not for the poverty it has perpetuated among millions of Cubans,'' Zakaria said in a video commentary posted last week. ``The whole country is stagnating. Fifty percent of its arable fields are going unfarmed. First and second year college students work one month out of the year in agriculture.''
``It's insane farm policies lead to frequent shortages of fruit, vegetables and other basic food needs, shortages even more serious than toilet paper,'' he added. ``And all those programs that they have held up for years as successes of the communist revolution -- free education for all through college, universal health care -- well, Raúl Castro just announced they're going to have to make cuts in all of these.''
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Robert R, I don't doubt that she holds reformed theological views personally. I have no idea, actually, as she NEVER EVER addresses them! Perhaps if she would just ONCE explain why, from a Reformed perspective, she believes that only the lucky few deserve healthcare, it would be different. She could say that they are among the Elect and so have been pre-ordained to have healthcare, while the rest of us have been chosen from before the beginning to be denied even basic health care. But simply saying that anything Obama and the Democrats do is bad is not a valid argument from a Reformed Theological perspective!
Another stupid, "scary", post by Michele to imply that Obama is "taking over". If we could be so lucky to have our government represent the people's interests rather than corporate profits stamping them out.
The point of Cuba is that even a poor and backward country recognizes the merits of providing healthcare to its citizens.
good economic news that you won't read in michele's posts:
and, although TARP was a bush bank-giveaway, the democratic congress placed restrictions on the banks use of the money. this week, the NYT is reporting that "As Big Banks Repay Bailout, U.S. Sees Profit":
according to the associated press, "July new US home sales up 9.6 percent":
the effects of the governments intervention into our failing economy are showing their benefits.
"Yeah, Castro is so brilliant, he can't even keep his people supplied with toilet paper."
Gee, and here all along, I thought you 'conservatives' didn't want your government "controlling" anything at all. Since when is it the government's job, here or elsewhere, democratic or socialist, to keep the people supplied with toiletries? Make up your mind!
Sheesh, this blog gets stoopider by the thread. Confused much, Michele?
Hmm, seems Castro can keep his people supplied with universal health care. Maybe socialism does work after all.
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