How's the weather there in OZ, er, I mean Cuba ?

I don't doubt that Cuba is a beautiful country, if you've ever even been there. It's the Commie Pinkos that run the place that I object to.

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"Peace is our Profession"

"Human law must rest its authority ultimately upon the authority of that law which is Divine. . . . Far from being rivals or enemies, religion and law are twin sisters, friends, and mutual assistants.
" - James Wilson, U. S. Supreme Court Justice and Signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution

Just how would you explain that you are posting from an Australian time zone and IP address?

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It all comes down to this on election day: Are you a racist, or do you look down on spastics?

Just out of curiosity, have you even been to Disneyland? Or do you just know what you are told?

Matt

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De duobus malis, minus est semper eligendum

You keep changing your story about this "liberation".

Sometimes, it will be Mexico and Venezuela, with Cuba sitting on the sidelines.

Now, Cuba will be an active partner with Mexico.

Can you make up your mind? I am not sure which massive invasion force to be afraid of.....

Matt

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De duobus malis, minus est semper eligendum

Shouldn't you be at work now...making nuts and bolts for cars?

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It all comes down to this on election day: Are you a racist, or do you look down on spastics?

I am at work. I'm the boss. And I don't make nuts and bolts or any other parts for cars.

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843rd Bomb Wing - Strategic Air Command
"Peace is our Profession"

"Human law must rest its authority ultimately upon the authority of that law which is Divine. . . . Far from being rivals or enemies, religion and law are twin sisters, friends, and mutual assistants.
" - James Wilson, U. S. Supreme Court Justice and Signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution

What prevents any second world economy from upgrading their infrastructure, to the point they are no longer indistinguishable from first world countries?

Money.

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843rd Bomb Wing - Strategic Air Command
"Peace is our Profession"

"Human law must rest its authority ultimately upon the authority of that law which is Divine. . . . Far from being rivals or enemies, religion and law are twin sisters, friends, and mutual assistants.
" - James Wilson, U. S. Supreme Court Justice and Signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution

Any state can print money. Look at the US example. States have the ability to create value, simply by existing; why not create wealth, in the form of modern infrastructure?

Nope! You can't just print money. That does not work. It creates inflation that wipes out the "value" created, and lots of real value as well.

The USA created infrastructure several ways. We built the railroads with borrowed money from, mostly, Europe. Then we defaulted on the bonds, mostly, but kept the railroads. Canals were built with government bonds that were paid back with the tolls from the canals (the Erie Canal, for example). Same with the telegraph.

Any other country can do the same, it just takes a government that will hold off most of the corruption (never get rid of all of it) and work for the good of those the new infrastructure will make rich. Their earnings will come from employing the common people, who will gain better jobs.

You can't do it if you don't allow someone to become rich! Someone has to be the risk taker.

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Don't worry about what people think. They don't do it very often.

I understand your ideology, but cannot follow that logic. Any public sector can engage in the creation and administration of public goods. The public sector of any classic socialist country would merely need to use command economics to build the infrastructure necessary for first world status.

If you consider the enormous crediblity and status that would be the reward of any goverment to do this and the limited number of times it actually happens the most likely explanation is that it is not as easy as you would like it to be.

Except for ideology, it is as easy as taking a voice vote in some forms of statism. Socialism can be used to promote the general welfare of the welfare-state, instead of the general warfare of the warfare-state. Any private sector would benefit from improvements in infrastructure.

Then explain why it happens so rarely!!

hey laca...your remarks re; Disneyland not withstanding ,,,,,,just don't take a job as a librarian in cuba..or you'll join you fellows in the Cuban "Disneyland" ,,

http://www.washingtontimes.com/op-ed...5349-9623r.htm

oh by the way do you live there? If so, you must be some apparatchik, you know, get your gas at the head of line, special food stores… or you’re a block captain…..a page taken straight from the nazi manual…IF you do not live there, you are sorry to say, just another Marxist dilettante…who will puke this stuff up but not put your money where your mouth is.

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No individual can plan his own existence in their view.

So the state planners must arrogate to themselves the right to manipulate any sector of the economic system if the good of “society” or the “general welfare” is paramount.

Ipso- if the rights of the individual get in the way, the rights of the individual must be sublimated.

The Road to Serfdom
FA Hayek (interpretation)


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