Posted on 02/28/2020 4:17:41 PM PST by John Semmens
In his quest to win votes for transforming America into a socialist country, Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders has been emphasizing the positive achievements of Cuba's former long-time dictator Fidel Castro. Two of the positives that Sanders has cited during the debates have been literacy and health care. "Under Castro's rule they implemented a highly motivating incentive to learn to read: if you didn't you'd be forced to labor in the fields," Sanders remembered. "Let's give credit where credit is due. Seeing the problems we are having in this country, a policy of shipping non-learners off to labor battalions is an idea we might want to consider."
Castro, of course, had his political opponents executed or imprisoned. His socialist policies impoverished the country inspiring hundreds of thousands to try to escape to the United states on leaky boats and home-made rafts. Health care was made a "human right," but the care has been mostly of very low quality for the average citizen. The literacy program leaned heavily on teaching children to read communist propaganda.
Democrats in the US House of Representatives rejected a resolution introduced by Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla) condemning Castro's tyranny. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) explained that "the resolution was too one-sided. We don't like tyranny, but we need to acknowledge that even tyranny isn't all bad. Reading propaganda is still reading and low-quality health care may be all that a poor country like Cuba can afford. Besides, the proportion of the Cuban population imprisoned is only one-half of a percent. That's lower than the percent imprisoned in our so-called 'free country.'"
In related news, Sanders' popularity among millennials may be explained by a finding from a report published by the Global Financial Literacy Excellence Center at the George Washington University that only 16% of millennials are financially literate and of millennials who self-identified as financially literate only 19% are.
if you missed any of this week's other semi-news/semi-satire posts you can find them at...
https://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Opinion/277721-2020-02-28-semi-news-semi-satire-march-1-2020-edition.htm
Half of them thought it was about Julian Castro. Another 25% thought it referred to the Castro District.
It's my guess that most ordinary Democrats, those who work for a living and are decent, must CRINGE every time B.S. (Bernie) gets in front of a camera.
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“Besides, the proportion of the Cuban population imprisoned is only one-half of a percent. That’s lower than the percent imprisoned in our so-called ‘free country.’”
Nancy’s partly right: the rest of Castro’s opposition ain’t talkin’...
Thanks, John, for another fine investigative peek (only pretending to be satire) at what some on the dark side really feel, but need you to express for them.
Yes - walks that increasingly fine line between satire and reality. :-)
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