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Originally Posted by FULANITO
 Take a look at Cuba as an example some of the best athletes in the world, and most of the best doctors except for the technology advance in other countries including ours!!!! |
Cuba is an excellent example of what I was talking about.
They are a very interesting case because they are a very poor country, yet somehow they have managed to create such a good education system, and probably the best health care system in the world.
I know that last statement is going to send shock waves through most of the people reading this, but it is true. No surpise that you don't read much about this in the American press. Cuba has more doctors per capita than any other country in the world. They also rank higher than just about every country when it comes to vital health statistics such as life expectancy, infant mortality, and HIV infection rates. While the US has a trade embargo against Cuba, most of the European countries have been trading when them for years. And while sugar and tabacco are their largest exports, a close third is vacines and medicine.
And just to be clear, this is not something that is "cultural". It may have become cultural after many years, but 50 years ago Cuba had the culture of downtown Las Vegas, except without regulation. In 1955, Cuba had a literacy rate of less than 40%. In the early 60s, the communist government poured money into education, and within 5 years, literacy was over 80%, and today is even higher than the US.
This idea that it has to come from within is nonsense. It is propoganda spread by a government that wants to take your tax money, and instead of spending it on programs for the people, they want to hand it out as corporate welfare and unnecessary no-bid contracts for their buddies in big industry. If the government wants to accomplish anything at all, they can do it.
In 1961 when JFK said we would go to the moon by the end of the decade, that seemed impossible. But money and resources were unlimited, and they made it happen. If the Cuban government can educate their entire population within 5 years, I'm pretty sure we can teach geography and some other basic education skills to our kids. If our government cannot even do that, then it is time to get a new one.