Better late than never,,,,,,,, or,,,,,,,,,

[Tigermike 3,055]

The slow, plodding, inefficient death of socialism stumbles along. Someone better tell the Dems that even Stone Age socialists know to abandon the scourge of so-called 'progressive values.'

Cuba to abandon salary equality

Cuba is to abolish its system of equal pay for all and allow workers and managers to earn performance bonuses, a senior official has announced.

Vice-Minister for Labour Carlos Mateu said the current system - in place since the communist revolution in 1959 - was no longer "convenient".

He said wage differentiation should improve production and services.

President Raul Castro has introduced a series of reforms since succeeding his ailing brother Fidel in February.

Writing in the communist party newspaper Granma Mr Mateu said workers would receive a minimum 5% bonus for meeting targets but with no ceiling on salaries.

Managers could earn a 30% bonus if the team working under them increased production, he said.

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.

Challenging Marxist orthodoxy

But the impact in terms of purchasing power will be limited, the BBC's Michael Voss in Havana says.

The average wage in Cuba for everyone - from doctors to farm labourers - is about $20 (£10) a month.

Even before the recent sharp rise in oil and food prices Cuba was spending billions of dollars on imports, and that bill is likely to rise sharply, our correspondent says.

So far most of the reforms announced since Raul Castro took over the presidency have involved lifting restrictions such as the bans on mobile phones and computers.

The latest change is a more fundamental challenge to Marxist economic orthodoxy, our correspondent adds.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7449776.stm

Welcome to the real world, even if you are 49 years late.

[bigsixfive 328]

Cuba's moving away from it, and we've got half of America wanting to move toward it... ain't right.

[Justin5 20]

You guys are as bad as McCarthy.

[bigsixfive 328]

You guys are as bad as McCarthy.

What did he ever do that was so bad?

[autigeremt 6,717]

You guys are as bad as McCarthy.

And you guys are as bad as Stalin.

[Justin5 20]

You guys are as bad as McCarthy.

And you guys are as bad as Stalin.

Don't forget, the ones screaming "RED!!" were more often than not the real reds.

[CCTAU 3,350]

You guys are as bad as McCarthy.

And you guys are as bad as Stalin.

Don't forget, the ones screaming "RED!!" were more often than not the real reds.

You caught us. We are all closet socialists. Just read our posts. It's easy to see that's what we want. RED.RED.RED.RED.RED.RED.RED.RED.RED.RED.RED.RED.RED. RED.REDRUM.RED.RED.RED.RED.RED.REDRUM.RED.RED.RED. RED.RED.RED.RED.RED.RED.RED.RED.RED.

[autigeremt 6,717]

NOT TRUE!

The Liberals can sugarcoat their ideals all they want, but SOCIALISM is a direct association with Stalin. Keep the people down, make them rely on the government, and control them through social-economics.

Writing meet Wall.

[Tigermike 3,055]

You guys are as bad as McCarthy.

Typical, socialist leaning dim libs only response is name calling.

[Auburn85 432]

Yeah, I do find that kind of odd that a couple of big Obama supoorters here like to use name calling as a comeback, when Obama's campaign isn't supposed to be about that.

[autigeremt 6,717]

That's right, Auburn85. They are ABOVE the frey.....................HAH!