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Townhall
Ignorance
John Stossel
Dec 31, 2014
No wonder Cuba wallows in poverty.
Last week, the New York Times reported that the Castro brothers opened
a special business zone where foreign companies "would be given greater
control over setting wages at factories. ... (P)roposals would be
approved or rejected within 60 days."
What? If I want to give someone a raise, I have to wait up to two
months for government approval! That's absurd.
Yet the Times said that the zone offers "big incentives for investors."
How clueless can their writers be? Their own article acknowledges, "A
year later, the Cuban government has yet to announce a single foreign
investment."
Duh.
The article went on to say that "according to many economists,
President Obama's plan to allow more interaction between the two
countries may not be the lifeline Cuba is hoping for -- unless Cuba
overcomes its resistance to change."
No kidding!
I suppose Times reporters need to consult economists to learn that
entrepreneurs don't like having to beg dictators for permission to try
something new. After all, back in America, Times editors demand
increased regulation of almost every business.
I've learned to expect economic cluelessness from the Times, but what
was different for me last week was that I was on vacation, and my hotel
produced a short version of the Times every day called the TimesFax. It
gave me a new reason to laugh -- and scream.
I flipped to a Fax page and read, "Firing of VA Clinic Chief Is
Upheld." A judge ruled that Sharon Helman, director of the Veterans
Affairs health care system in Phoenix, "could be fired for accepting
more than $13,000 in airline tickets and other gifts."
What? Taking gifts is the scandal? She's not fired because of her
falsified waiting lists for treatment? Because thousands of veterans at
her facilities were cruelly lied to and then denied medical care...
Read the rest of the article at Townhall
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