A recent educational trip to Cuba reminded me of Australia when my parents were growing up.
Cuban government owns 51% of companies that provide infrastructure. The also have strict import and export laws to protect the Cuban econony.
Cuba has it's own oil reserves, government owned refineries, petrol is 95cents a litre. Australia has oil reserves and closed down all but 1 refinery and we pay $2.00 a litre for imported petrol.
Cuba has steel mills that mine their own Iron Ore to produce local steel. We export our Iron Ore and import it back from China.
Cuban Health Professionals are educated in Universities in Cuba and overseas for free and then stay and work in Cuba. Cuba has best medical and research facilities in the world.
Want to buy a souvenir in the local markets?..... they are all made in Cuba. No Cheap Chinese made Koala Bears anywhere, imports banned.
Havana Club Rum is distilled in Cuba from locally grown Sugar Cane, sells for $12.00 a bottle while we sell off our wineries and farms to multinationals and we have food and beverage
shortages and hugely inflated prices.
Cuba has natural resources like Gas, Coal, Nickel, Copper, Rice, Sugar Cane just like Australia. The difference is Cuba provides it to their citizens at cost while Australia sells our natural resources to multinationals and force Australians on the street buy it back at inflated prices.
Covid, China, congested ports and now huge cost of living expenses has shown we must start manufacturing in Australia and not exporting our natural resources.
Prehaps a new government can promote Australia for Australians
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