What a better endorsement for our move to socialism than from a communist. I’m sure the democrats must be so proud of such praise.
Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro on Thursday declared passage of American health care reform "a miracle" and a major victory for Obama’s presidency, but couldn’t help chide the United States for taking so long to enact what communist Cuba achieved decades ago.
"We consider health reform to have been an important battle and a success of his (Obama’s) government," Castro wrote in an essay published in state media, adding that it would strengthen the president’s hand against lobbyists and "mercenaries."….
Cuba provides free health care and education to all its citizens, and heavily subsidizes food, housing, utilities and transportation, policies that have earned it global praise. The government has warned that some of those benefits are no longer sustainable given Cuba’s ever-struggling economy, though it has so far not made major changes.
In recent speeches, Raul Castro has singled out medicine as an area where the government needs to be spending less, but he has not elaborated.
While Fidel Castro was initially positive about Obama, his essays have become increasingly hostile in recent months as relations between Cuba and the United States have soured. Washington has been increasingly alarmed by Cuba’s treatment of political dissidents — one of whom died in February after a long hunger strike.
Notice how the government provided its people with almost everything and now doesn’t have the money to keep going? Exactly how are we supposed to do this when we are starting it with the biggest deficit in World history? Any guesses as to what happens to a country that stops providing what has been called “human rights” to it’s people? Cuba isn’t going to be a good place to be for several years.
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