A totalitarian dictatorship with little tolerance for dissent still rules Cuba, and until that changes and political prisoners are freed and real dissent is allowed, be skeptical, if not cynical, of Raúl Castro's "reforms."
But today, that dictatorship is a little communist after officials announce a new rule that will allow Cubans to earn according to their labor, and not according to what the dictatorship says they earn.
This is about much more than letting Cubans buy DVDs and cell phones. This goes to the fundamental rot that is communist economics.
BBC explains:
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".
He said wage differentiation should improve production and services.
Duh!
It gets better:
Writing in the communist party newspaper Granma Mr Mateu said workers would receive a minimum 5% bonus for meeting targets but with no ceiling on salaries.
Managers could earn a 30% bonus if the team working under them increased production, he said.
The minister pointed out that the current wage system sapped employees' incentives to excel since everyone earned the same regardless of performance.
"It's harmful to give a worker less than he deserves, it's also harmful to give him what he doesn't deserve," the newspaper article said.
Double-duh!
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