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the US imports sugar from a million places. if we imported from one more nation, im sure all that would make cuba on par with capitalist (and captialist/socialist) nations... i cede you the point
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The USSR/Russia stopped giving money to Cuba over a decade ago.Originally posted by DanS
And it's all based on Russian charity, which is likely to reverse itself.Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...Comment
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You're talking out of your ass, Kman.
Pre-Castro sugar exports accounted for some ridiculous percentage of their economy. While USSR was still around they supported Cuban sugar industry with preferential importation to counteract US ban. Now they've got neither. Sugar industry counts for major part of Cuban economic contraction/stagnation. And yes, tourism was also vital part of Cuban economy. But the last time I checked they had no problem with Western tourism. There are innumerable commercials for Cuban vacations up here. US ban hurts them in a major way there too.12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
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Haiti is the poorest country in the Western hemisphere and is vying with Bangledesh as poorest country in the world.
I know. That's why I'm amazed that you would think Cuba is hot sh!t, considering that it's economy per capita is only about 35% better than Haiti's.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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GDP per capita?
Hah. Obviously that underestimates socialist economies.12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
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The USSR/Russia stopped giving money to Cuba over a decade ago.
That's right. And Russia hasn't sent the bill collectors yet for debt. That's the other shoe to drop.
Russia has had to pay on Soviet-era debt. Cuba will too.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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I still regret not going to Hoing Kong before it ceased to be a colony. I'm going to make sure communist Cuba doesn't slip through my fingers as well. That way I can sit back as an old fart and say "Yep, I remember visiting Cuba when it was still communist and there wasn't a fast food joint in the whole country".
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Actually, I don't think we import sugar at all. I've never seen any sugar in stores from any where but Florida and Hawaii. The only thing close is Canadian maple syrup, and even that's rare.Originally posted by Kramerman
the US imports sugar from a million places.
I'm not sure having access to the American market would help . . . except that they could market their sugar as organic. Cuba's a massive producer of organic crops (since they can't afford petro based fertilizers and pesticides). Cuba might make organics affordable in the US (which would probably kill organic producers here).Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...Comment
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che, don't you maybe think that Cuban sugar would be cheaper than US sugar?12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
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The single biggest item used as a sweetner in the Us is corn syrup because domestic farnmers can make it dirt cheap. I think the second biggest is sugar from sugar beets.
Things sweetened with cain sugar taste different. Try a coke bottled in Mexico and then try an American coke made with corn syrup. You'll know what I mean. It's faint but detectable.Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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Sugar in the US is predominately sugar beet and corn based.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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That was the geekiest xpost ever.
12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
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Hmmm... Great minds post alike.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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You don't have to pay back grants.Originally posted by DanS
The USSR/Russia stopped giving money to Cuba over a decade ago.
That's right. And Russia hasn't sent the bill collectors yet for debt. That's the other shoe to drop.
Russia has had to pay on Soviet-era debt. Cuba will too.Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...Comment
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Will you be at DC meet?
EDIT: talking to Dan12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
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