To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (1038648 ) 11/14/2017 12:19:18 PM From: RetiredNow Read Replies (1) | Respond to Don't ask me why this country unites only when we want to bomb someone. I think that is part of the problem. Our patriotism is mostly skin deep. On the topic of socialism, consider this....a real world implementation of Socialism in Cuba. Every person gets $20 per month plus food ration cards. That's single payer...the government determines what you get for a standard salary. Consider it a Universal Basic Income. The government also owns all land in Cuba. Farming is a problem, though. The government has not been able to invest a lot in modern farming equipment, so farming is a mostly manual labor affair that is absolutely backbreaking work. So guess what? There aren't that many farmers and a lot of the land in Cuba remains undeveloped and the Cuban government has to import a lot of food that it otherwise would not have to, at GREATER expense than if they could just create the incentives for farmers to farm. Why is there no incentive? Because for $20 per month, most people will choose the jobs that are easiest, because they aren't going to get paid more for the jobs that are hardest. There is not price discovery in a Socialistic economy.
