I met these two men on the street in Santiago. They were extremely happy, friendly people as were almost all the citizens of that beautiful city. They were retired from having worked as clowns. They still did occasional birthday parties and things like that, but no longer worked at their jobs on a regular basis. Many people in Cuba are in that fix. It will be very difficult to make an abrupt transition from a society where the government provides at least a minimum subsistence to one where everyone must earn their keep. While many Cubans are anxious to work for themselves (and many already do that), others are very dependent on the paternalism of the government.
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