[Rick Lee]

Compared to much of the rest of the world, we have no poverty here at all. I can imagine how bad it is in Cuba, as I've seen it in China. Poor here means not being able to afford your cable bill one month. First thing I saw in China as I walked across from Hong Kong into Shenzhen was a cop hit a woman. A few feet farther, I saw child beggars with no legs, dragging themselves along to try to catch up with me. And a block later I saw my first ever Carrera GT. Cuba is poor because of their government. You're only rich there if Castro likes you. In China you can be rich, you can be middle class or you can be poor. Sure, making an enemy of the gov't. isn't gonna help you any. But you do have a chance there, even if you're not with the gov't. People are poor there because there are simply too many people living on too little arable land. That place is more capitalist than this country is. But they have a lot more mouths to feed and the money there is not very well spread out across the country. It will get better, but it will take a while.