Challenging the myth that the rich are specially-talented wealth creators

Re:Challenging the myth that the rich are specially-talented... by snowwindwaves on Sunday May 29, 2016 @12:32PM (#11796955)

>Everyone has a job

I visited cuba in 1998 for a few weeks. I was staying with a family who hosted visitors like my father and myself for a little extra foreign currency on the side. The father of the family that we were staying with was a chief economist in Castro's government.

I will never forget riding the elevator at the university in Havana. There was a woman whose job it was to press the buttons in the elevator after you told her what floor you wanted to go to. She was there every day.

I can't imagine that was a very fulfilling job for her, as there was clearly no point as people could just press the buttons themselves.

Jobs still need to be productive on some level

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Re:Challenging the myth that the rich are specially-talented... by ommunist on Sunday May 29, 2016 @12:59PM (#11797073)

You are surprisingly right. Small state like Cuba with monocultural agriculture and lack of industry is destined for that. But even in these hard conditions Cuba has a better and more people oriented medical care system than the US has and is exporting medical know-how to the third world.

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