Here’s an interesting little fact, taken from Morgan Chalfont’s article at Washington Free Beacon:
According to Trading Economics, a provider of historical economic data, the average monthly salary in Cuba was 584 pesos, or about $24, in 2014, based on statistics provided by the National Office of Statistics. That represented a significant increase in the average monthly salary over the previous year, which was 471 pesos ($20).
Over 12 months, therefore, the average employee’s wages in Cuba totaled $288 in 2014. The Carolina Herrera dress Michelle Obama wore when arriving in Cuba Sunday costs nearly eight times this amount. The Naeem Khan dress costs almost 16 times this amount. The total price tag of the two outfits, thus, is more than 23 times the average annual salary in Cuba estimated in 2014.
Look, I do not fault Ms. Obama for wanting to look nice. And – let’s be honest here – something she bought off the clearance rack at Macy’s would cost multiples of what Cubans earn each year.
But maybe she could have cut back just a tad.
And maybe Cubans should be able to earn more than seventy five cents a day.
Oh, one more thing: before anyone tells me that this is because without US trade there is no money available (as if the fact that Cuba trades with the entire rest of the world somehow doesn’t count), please be advised that the castro boys have managed to amass a personal fortune of approximately $900 MILLION DOLLARS.
Want to have some fun, in a grim sort of a way? get out your calculator and see how many $24 years you’d need to get to $900 million.
It will give you something to do while you wait for mainstream media report how castro & castro have robbed their people blind, while crying poverty to gullible Americans.
Je ne me trompe pas sur combien d’argent les Cubains gagnent , ou le prix des robes de Michelle Obama . S’il vous plaît vérifier vous-même . Désolé si mon français est un peu rouillé .