The Boston Diaries

The ongoing saga of a programmer who doesn't live in Boston, nor does he even like Boston, but yet named his weblog/journal “The Boston Diaries.”

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Friday, June 13, 2008

Now why would they do a silly thing like that?

Cuba is to abolish its system of equal pay for all and allow workers and managers to earn performance bonuses, a senior official has announced.

Vice-Minister for Labour Carlos Mateu said the current system—in place since the communist revolution in 1959—was no longer “convenient”.

The minister pointed out that the current wage system sapped employees' incentives to excel since everyone earned the same regardless of performance.

Via Flares Into Darkness, Cuba to abandon salary equality

Fidel gets sick and hands control of Cuba to his brother, and the place goes to Hell. Next thing you know, they'll be allowing private ownership to the means of production, and pretty soon—BAM! You get a ton of greedy Capitalistic pigs running the place.

And of course, it's the fault of the United States for being the only country in the world with a trade embargo with Cuba

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