In 1958 Cuba had a higher standard of living than any Latin American country and half of Europe. Ill quote a UNESCO report from 1957: One feature of the Cuban social structure is a large middle class. Cuban workers are more unionized (proportional to the population)than U.S. workers... the average wage for an 8 hour day in Cuba 1957 is higher than for workers in Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany. Cuban labor receives 66.6 per cent of gross national income. In the U.S. the figure is 68 per cent. 44 per cent of Cubans were covered by Social legislation, thats a higher percentage then in the U.S. at the time. In 1958 Cubans had the 3rd highest protein consumption in the hemisphere. But in 1962 Castros government introduced ration cards that persist to this day. While comparing a Cubans daily rations as mandated by Castros government to the daily rations of Cubans slaves as mandated by the Spanish King in 1842, an intrepid Cuban exile uncovered this fascinating info: Food Ration in 1842 for slaves in Cuba: Castro Gov. Ration since 1962 meat, chicken, fish--8 oz 2 oz. Rice-- 4 oz. 3 oz Starches-- 16 oz. 6.5 oz Beans 4 oz. 1 oz. The half-starved slaves on the ship Amistad ate better than Elian Gonzalez does now. Yet Eleanor Cliff told us on in her column and again on the McLaughlin Group that: To be a poor child in Cuba may be better than being a poor child in the U.S.
Posted on: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 02:39:11 +0000
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