June 12, 2008

Cuba Libre

What in the world has gotten into those Cubanos?

So many changes recently, and now an abolishment of the salary equality system.

The minister pointed out that the current wage system sapped employees' incentives to excel since everyone earned the same regardless of performance.

"It's harmful to give a worker less than he deserves, it's also harmful to give him what he doesn't deserve," the newspaper article said.

Wow!

I have always hoped that someday something wonderful would happen in Cuba. The Cuban people I met when I lived in Florida were simply amazing, and the stories I heard of the country made me hope for a day when it would be open to the world again. Each of the reforms that has come in the last few months have given me a flicker of hope, but this is the first to truly strike at the heart of the communist philosophy.

Here is hoping for a free and thriving Cuba someday soon.

Posted by Vox at June 12, 2008 05:23 PM | politics
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