Ulises Toirac: "People have been living in a war economy for years."

The Cuban comedian Ulises Toirac stated that he is bothered by the fact that the government has started using the term "war economy" to describe the current crisis, when the reality is that the people have been living for a long time as if there were a war.

Ulises ironically said that it is "nice" that they manage to find new ways to refer to something that already existed.

The actor recalled that in the recent session of the Council of Ministers, the Deputy Minister of Economy announced the creation of a "unique, inclusive, and equal conditions price policy" for both the state and non-state sectors.

For me, equality is equality. There shouldn't be some things with more equality than others. The dollar (its exchange rate) should be the same. And I hope that for state and 'non-state' (sic, I'm peeing myself, 'private' is like) it's not 24 CUP. Because that would be a disaster, in the words of the great philosopher and ethnographer Guillermo Álvarez Guedes," said on Facebook.

It also implies equal competition in the market, that is, without hindering with regulations like 'yes, there is equality for all economic entities but we are not going to allow some entities to enrich themselves...' (as if for the other 'entities' money was holy water for a mass)," he added.

The comedian wonders how that pricing policy will be applied in practice and pointed out that many things still need to be explained.

Just to give an example: depending on a state entity for importing should be abolished. Equality, right? Let private entities manage their own... I say.

We can talk about tariffs, payment exemptions, taxes, and the e-market among others another day. The heat and the lack of bread have left me drained since early in the morning. I am in a state of war economy. It has been years," he emphasized.

In recent days, the government has resorted to the term "war economy" to justify drastic measures to ensure greater control by the authorities.

In June, Prime Minister Manuel Marrero advocated for applying more "firm hand" against crime, corruption, and illegalities in line with times of "wartime economy".