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We have far-left Democratic politicians who want to bring full socialism to the United States. They are not ashamed of it, and some even refer to themselves as socialists.
They say capitalism is bad. They say free markets are wrong.
Is $20 a gallon of gas wrong? Because this is the state of communism in one of the last bastions of defeated ideology in the world.
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In the communist state of Cuba, the regime will deliberately raise the price of gasoline to astronomical levels.
“The Cuban government announced it will raise fuel prices in the country by more than 500 percent in February,” Jalopnik reported. “Pump prices will rise from 25 Cuban pesos to 132 pesos per litre,” according to the BBC.
The story continues:
To use numbers more relevant to us Americans, prices jump from $3.94 per gallon to $20.86. The sharp increase coupled with the opening of 29 gas stations that will accept US dollars exclusively is a government attempt to support the country's faltering economy.
It is not surprising that Cuba's communist government is opening dollar-only gas stations. The US dollar is the most widely used currency in international trade, and Cuba's foreign currency reserves have been significantly depleted. The government hopes to use the proceeds from these new stations to purchase fuel from the international market.
This is what communism gets you. This is what socialism gets you. Even during the worst days of Biden inflation, the nominally mixed market economy was holding gas (for the most part) below $5 per gallon.
This was overwhelming for middle-class Americans. $20 worth of gas would put our entire country out of business.
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There is a reason Cubans flee to America
The radical left idea that we should somehow replicate this kind of socialism in the United States is something that an overwhelming majority of Americans would not support in practice.
Cubans have regularly attempted to illegally enter America on boats in shark-infested waters for some reason.
No one in America is trying to do the same to get to Cuba.
There's a reason for that.
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