Communist Cuba Scraps Uniform Wages In New Reform Move

From the story: In a new reform move, communist Cuba announced Wednesday it was scrapping salary caps long meant to underscore egalitarianism but which President Raul Castro's government says hurt productivity.

For years the pay for street sweepers and brain surgeons has been separated by just a few dollars a month, until a new resolution adopted in February but explained to the Cuban people on Wednesday.

Most Cubans, in an economy controlled by the government, earn the equivalent of 17 dollars a month in Cuban pesos, struggling to make it to the end of the month when many foods, clothing and personal care goods are sold only in government-run hard-currency stores. Read more…

How can this be in this "worker’s paradise"? As a friend noted: “So, the US Congress is considering capping the CEO's salaries of big (oil) corporations at the same time Cuba is realizing (finally) how stupid capping salaries is.”

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