tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851163370258594999.post109204639210115683..comments2023-11-16T03:57:05.158-05:00Comments on The Cuban Triangle: Cutting lossesPhil Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06724525896667349935noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851163370258594999.post-86760666600571241382009-12-14T12:42:48.888-05:002009-12-14T12:42:48.888-05:00Who is defending trial lawyers 5:02. That is part ...Who is defending trial lawyers 5:02. That is part of the sickness of capitalism.leftsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00676827005815770066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851163370258594999.post-51292813487323432352009-12-10T17:02:32.731-05:002009-12-10T17:02:32.731-05:00and how much food is thrown away by those companie...and how much food is thrown away by those companies leftside and not given to food banks because those companies fear the trial lawyers who will sue them in a second if one person gets a stomach ache.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851163370258594999.post-64283184801458824232009-12-09T19:09:02.224-05:002009-12-09T19:09:02.224-05:00And if you are really interested in food waste, no...And if you are really interested in food waste, no one can compete with the capitalist West, who's food companies <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2009/jul/19/food-waste" rel="nofollow">destroy</a> all the food needed to feed the world.leftsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00676827005815770066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851163370258594999.post-2117797009824520692009-12-09T19:08:09.059-05:002009-12-09T19:08:09.059-05:00Of course nobody wants food to rot. And I don'...Of course nobody wants food to rot. And I don't have a problem with a farmer hiring someone to get the food to market - I don't think Cuban law does either (after all, that is how the Agros work). What I have a problem with is the capitalist notion that the problem with Cuban agriculture is that there are not enough people taking a cut of the profit. Cuba knows this is crap and that solutions lie elsewhere.leftsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00676827005815770066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851163370258594999.post-58478414062387371422009-12-08T22:05:52.750-05:002009-12-08T22:05:52.750-05:00"And 8:00 AM believes that the key to reducin..."And 8:00 AM believes that the key to reducing hunger in Cuba is allowing more middlemen to make more profits..."<br /><br />After 50 years, Lefty, you and Raulito still don't get it.<br /><br />Farmers don't hire middlemen because because they want the middlemen to be rich. Middlemen are hired because they deliver food to the markets where it is sold for the benefit of the farmers. For 50 years, what little food is produced in Cuba ROTS IN THE FIELDS because the incompetent State cannot deliver it to the cities to be sold.<br /><br />Got it, dimwit? Or would you prefer for the Cuban people to continue being hungry?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851163370258594999.post-23476668615464005232009-12-08T17:52:12.162-05:002009-12-08T17:52:12.162-05:00And 8:00 AM believes that the key to reducing hung...And 8:00 AM believes that the key to reducing hunger in Cuba is allowing more middlemen to make more profits, allowing prices to go up to market rates and scaling back the State's role in getting products to market. Just want to make sure I have that clear.leftsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00676827005815770066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851163370258594999.post-76049764600317494842009-12-08T08:00:23.009-05:002009-12-08T08:00:23.009-05:00"The Granma article cites some of their chron..."The Granma article cites some of their chronic problems and says the way for them to succeed now is through diversification of output."<br /><br />Diversity of output is not the problem. The problem is price controls and a monopoloy on transporting the food supply. Unless and until the regime unloosens its grip on the nation's windpipe, includng the agricultural sector and the necessary middlemen (and women), the only result will be more hunger and tyranny.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851163370258594999.post-49650821376435287972009-12-07T12:00:09.518-05:002009-12-07T12:00:09.518-05:00"In addition to making more than 80,000 land ..."In addition to making more than 80,000 land grants and raising prices paid to producers (detailed here, pdf), the Raul Castro government is doing some reorganizing of the deck chairs on the Titanic."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com