On Fri, 24 May 2013, "Lev Lafayette" <lev@levlafayette.com> wrote:
Lowest infant mortality rate in Latin America (4.76/1000)? Actually change that, it's the lowest in North and South America (Canada's (4.78), the United States (5.9).
http://tinyurl.com/nt64sdp Sociological Images has an interesting article about this. On the up-side it shows that the US is doing better than the Czech Republic, Albania, Uruguay, and Mexico. :-#
None of this, of course, should be seen a defense of the Cuban political or economic system. It is an indication however that *some* things work very well with public expenditure and public planning. *Much* of health is an example. *Much* of town planning is another.
The Cuban political and economic system seems to be better than anything that the US government would prefer them to have. Look at all the examples of South American governments that received support from the US government. Most Americans do the whole red-scare thing to avoid thinking about the issues related to government. They prefer religious faith in their government to thinking about ways of improving it. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/