On the recordJanuary 30, 2018
The Epoch Times this month presented an extraordinary expose by economist Daniel Lacalle that Cuba ``still serves as the best example of why communism doesn't work and will never work.'' Cuba was once one of Latin America's wealthiest countries when Communists seized power. But now the Castro regime--like any socialist government--is a machine of squandering subsidies. Between 1960 and 1990, Cuba received more than $65 billion from the Soviet Union, also hundreds of millions of dollars from international organizations. Despite this, the NationMaster ranking ranks Cuba last, 176th in the world, with an average salary of $25.05 per month in 2014. The only way Cuba can catch up with other developing countries is by ridding itself of communism. Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has been proven right again: ``The trouble with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money.'' In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget September the 11th in the global war on terrorism. Madam Speaker, our sympathy this week goes to the people of Afghanistan in the global war who have suffered mass murders in Kabul by the Taliban, reaffirming that we must defeat terrorism overseas. ____________________
