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Generation Y is a Blog inspired by people like me, with = names=20 that start with or contain a "Y". Born in Cuba in the '70s and = '80s,=20 marked by schools in the countryside, Russian cartoons, illegal = emigration=20 and frustration. So I invite, especially, Yanisleidi, Yoandri, = Yusim=C3=AD,=20 Yuniesky and others who carry their "Y's" to read me and to write = to=20 me.

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Youth unemployment

Certain stubborn statistics are never announced in the media; = much=20 better to keep them hidden in spite of their significance. = In=20 addition to the number of suicides, abortions and divorces, the = real=20 number of unemployed are also concealed. The news media and=20 billboards would have us believe we live in a society where = everyone has=20 the chance to find a job and distance themselves from any = inclination to=20 vagrancy. So many hands producing nothing, however, is the = essence=20 of a system that has transformed work into a mirage, and wages = into a bad=20 joke.

Some days ago on TV there was a short program about youth = unemployment,=20 but it didn=E2=80=99t mention the current number not = working. Havana, at ten=20 in the morning on a weekday, is the best evidence of how many = people don=E2=80=99t=20 have a job to earn their living. The parks, sidewalks and = every=20 corner, filled with people during working hours, is more reliable = than the=20 low numbers of unemployed reported in the annual statistics. = According to a cautious specialist who spoke in front of the = cameras, many=20 young people have a false estimation of their talents and so = won=E2=80=99t accept=20 certain jobs. She was followed by an interview in Granma = Province,=20 at the Department of Socio-Cultural Studies, where recent = graduates=20 complained about their job assignments as = =E2=80=9Cfloor-cleaners=E2=80=9D or mosquito=20 inspectors.

So much verbal juggling to ignore that while salaries remain so = low,=20 young people don=E2=80=99t have any motivation to work. They = don=E2=80=99t see the=20 appeal of self-denial or calls to save the Fatherland with their = daily=20 efforts, unless they get paid enough money to allow them to lead a = decent=20 life. The planned =E2=80=9CNew Man=E2=80=9D is not so = different from the rest of=20 humanity: he wants to use his time and energy on something that = returns=20 prosperity and well-being That shouldn=E2=80=99t be so = difficult for the=20 experts to understand, nor so systematically ignored by the=20 statistics.

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Pepito Travieso
Abril 4th, 2009 at 18:19
What are you implying Michael Barrett, please explain=20 yourself!
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Michael Barrett
Abril 4th, 2009 at 03:58
=E2=80=9CThe parks, sidewalks and every corner, filled with = people during=20 working hours, is more reliable than the low numbers of = unemployed=20 reported in the annual statistics.=E2=80=9D
That=E2=80=99s = curious. I was walking=20 around in Centro last Wednesday and particularly noticed the few = people=20 and the light traffic.
Certainly not as described = here.
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SilentVoice
Marzo 30th, 2009 at 19:25
well said Sancho, the reverse is true. We should collect a = refund!=20 For bad services or services badly render.
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Sancho
Marzo 30th,=20 2009 at 18:36
Dear SilentVoice, for a long time I use to feel bad about my = decision=20 of leaving cuba. The idea that they paid for my studies was well = fixed=20 in my head and sometimes this idea will reemerge with guilt. Not = any=20 more, i have come to realize that they did not paid, it was the = cuban=20 people tat did it, including my parents and the four years I = manage to=20 work for them. they never pay me or my family for our = work
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Fabian Pacheco Casanova
Marzo 30th, 2009 at 17:27
>>>I can=E2=80=99t open the page to comment in = Spanish, please let=20 knows if something wrong whith our equipment or if tenic matters = of the=20 page . Thank so much=E2=80=A6 Fabian=E2=80=A6.
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SilentVoice
Marzo 30th, 2009 at 16:33
If we consider the money taken by the regime 4300 to pay for = services=20 then that represent 96 Percent of each Cuban income that is tax = to pay=20 for services! So they are paid only 4 percent of what they=20 produce!
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SilentVoice
Marzo 30th, 2009 at 16:17
Sancho, according to Cuban statistics Cubans should be = earning about=20 4500 dollars to 4800 dollars but we know
the median income is = about=20 200 dollars

The rest is the money the government takes to pay for all the = =E2=80=9Cfree=20 services=E2=80=9D or who knows for what else. So the result is = that the so call=20 free services are not free after all! The so call triumph of the = revolution are pay by the people. The same free services that = are later=20 use to coerce Cubans into supporting the revolution!
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Sancho
Marzo 30th,=20 2009 at 15:59
Those willing to get insights into Cuban reality, understand = why the=20 island is so poor and realize that the solution will not come = from the=20 Castro=E2=80=99s regime, should read Yoani Sanchez and in = particular this short=20 essay on the Cuban working class. The Cuban system offers free = education=20 but once you graduate you find a terrible economy with no jobs = where to=20 apply your credentials. Well, until here, this is no different = than any=20 other Latin american country. However, Cuba=E2=80=99s propaganda = clearly claims=20 the superiority of the communist system willing to export it to = others=20 in the region. This superiority, according to their supporters,=20 justifies the constant violation of human rights in the country. = It is=20 clear that Cuba=E2=80=99s example can=E2=80=99t be the model to = follow as those free=20 services are at the end paid by the same Cuban people whose = human rights=20 have been violated. The Cuban Robin Hood, as Yoani once refers = to Fidel,=20 only distributes the little wealth Cubans manage to generate = since the=20 one he stole form the rich vanished long time ago.
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Sancho
Marzo 30th,=20 2009 at 15:48
Para aquellos que quieren entender porque a Cuba le va mal y = que no=20 hay solucion posible dentro de los marcos del sistema de = gobierno actual=20 solo tienen que leer a Yoani y en particular este brillante = resumen de=20 la situaci=C3=B3n laboral en cuba. El sistema asegura = educaci=C3=B3n gratuita como=20 mecanismo para hacer progresar el pais. Ahora, los graduados a = cualquier=20 nivel de ense=C3=B1anza se encuentran con un pais sin economia = donde aplicar=20 sus conocimientos. El resultado, desesperanza y emigracion. = Algunos=20 diran que este panorama no es muy diferente al de otros paises = de=20 Latinoam=C3=A9rica. Sin embargo Cuba se proclama a todo viento = como la=20 vanguardia de la region y el ejemplo a seguir justificando asi = sus=20 constantes violaciones de todos los derechos humanos. No puede = ser faro=20 quien explota y esclaviza en nombre de servicios falsamente = llamados=20 gratuitos. En realidad el Robin Hood cubano, como lo ha llamado = Yoani,=20 solo mal reparte la poca riqueza que producen los cubanos pues = ya hace=20 mucho tiempo se le acabo la que se robo cuando llego al = poder.
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Fabian Pacheco Casanova
Marzo 30th, 2009 at 13:24
>>>>El trabajo creador comienza con satisfacer = las=20 necesidades del que lo ofrece y el que lo recibe, si el que = ofrece el=20 trabajo no tienen obsiones y una moneda que lo acomade a cubrir = sus=20 necesidades, ese pais esta MUERTO.. rECUERDEN QUE HAY UN SOLO = EMPLEADOR;=20 lOS CASTRO=E2=80=A6.Yoani lo explica con maestria. Un Pais = Muerto es el=20 resultado de la intolerancia, la censura, la creacion de lideres = obreros=20 que no responden a las necesidades del trabajador, LA = INESISTENCIA DE=20 leyes HUMANAS QUE BUSQUEN EL BALANCE CREADOR ENTRE EMLEADOR Y = EMPLEADO=E2=80=A6=20 NADA DE ESTO ES POSIBLE EN UNA SOCIEDAD ATROFIADA COMO LA = CUBANA=E2=80=A6 TODO=20 SE TERMINO=E2=80=99, TODO SE ACABO, LA DICTADURA DEL = PROLETARIADO QUEDO PARA=20 APLICAR LOS MALES. ( QUE SON MUCHOS ) AL PROPIO PROLETARIO, COSA = QUE=20 JAMAS OCURRIO EN LA CUBA REPUBLICANA=E2=80=A6.fFABIAN PACHECO = CASANOVA=E2=80=A6
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Fabian Pacheco Casanova
Marzo 30th, 2009 at 13:24
>>>>El trabajo creador comienza con satisfacer = las=20 necesidades del que lo ofrece y el que lo recibe, si el que = ofrece el=20 trabajo no tienen obsiones y una moneda que lo acomade a cubrir = sus=20 necesidades, ese pais esta MUERTO.. rECUERDEN QUE HAY UN SOLO = EMPLEADOR;=20 lOS CASTRO=E2=80=A6.Yoani lo explica con maestria. Un Pais = Muerto es el=20 resultado de la intolerancia, la censura, la creacion de lideres = obreros=20 que no responden a las necesidades del trabajador, LA = INESISTENCIA DE=20 leyes HUMANAS QUE BUSQUEN EL BALANCE CREADOR ENTRE EMLEADOR Y = EMPLEADO=E2=80=A6=20 NADA DE ESTO ES POSIBLE EN UNA SOCIEDAD ATROFIADA COMO LA = CUBANA=E2=80=A6 TODO=20 SE TERMINO=E2=80=99, TODO SE ACABO, LA DICTADURA DEL = PROLETARIADO QUEDO PARA=20 APLICAR LOS MALES. ( QUE SON MUCHOS ) AL PROPIO PROLETARIO, COSA = QUE=20 JAMAS OCURRIO EN LA CUBA REPUBLICANA=E2=80=A6.fABIAN pACHECO = cASANOVA=E2=80=A6
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Cold in Chicago
Marzo 30th, 2009 at 12:56
Thank you Yoanni for letting us see through the barrage of=20 misinformation and propaganda that the Stalinist leaders present = to the=20 people. If if wasn=E2=80=99t that Cuba is a police state, with = whistle blowers,=20 guards and harsh punishments for offenders, I recoil at the = thought of=20 where all these youth, full of adrenaline and raging hormones, = would=20 direct their energy.

By not allowing for free enterpise to flourish, the old goats = are=20 creating a problem which eventually could trigger their own = demise.=20 Their paranoia and hunger for control (megalomania) prevents = them from=20 allowing opportunities and private businesses from opening up = naturally,=20 employing not only the owners, but also allow these youngsters = put their=20 energy to good use and earn a living.

The reason the regime can=E2=80=99t pay a decent wage is that = they don=E2=80=99t have=20 the means to do it. Since governments are not good at producing, = they=20 don=E2=80=99t have much to share with their employees. They = can=E2=80=99t print dollars.=20 If they print their own money, they=E2=80=99d end up with = inflation, and=20 whatever goods are on the shelves would disappear as people = swarm the=20 stores with the =E2=80=9Cfunny money=E2=80=9D.

In free societies, there are mechanisms so that the youth can = grow=20 and develop skills that can be matched to existing or potential = job=20 opportunities if they so choose. In addition there are millions = of small=20 businesses always looking for skilled and unskilled young = employees.=20 Granted, at times some youth follow the wrong path and get = themselves in=20 trouble, such as illegal traffic and/or stealing. This occurs = most in=20 communities and subcultures where there is uncontrolled = overpopulation,=20 promiscuity, divorce, etc. The result is that the fabric of = these=20 societies does not allow for the youth to grow in a healthy, = disciplined=20 family environment. Too many children, not enough parents.

In Cuba the above does not seem to be the problem. Rather, = you have=20 the regime standing at the gates of progress and individual = intiative,=20 not allowing anything to flow, just being a formidable = artificial giant=20 rock, on the road to prosperity.
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GUSANITA
Marzo 30th,=20 2009 at 11:49
Spy el 1
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GUSANITA
Marzo 30th,=20 2009 at 11:49
Soy el 1, buenos dias a todos

Now=20 who signs the letters? =C2=BB

=C2=AB And they = gave us the=20 microphones=E2=80=A6

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