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Old 06-30-2010, 09:39 PM   #1
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Default Re: Lawmaker sees panel voting to end Cuba travel ban

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Originally Posted by T.G View Post
No, Castro made things worse for the people of Cuba. Not our embargo. They get travel dollars and sales from all over the world and have been for decades, yet most of the people of the country still live in poverty because of their totalitarian government.

Really? ALL of them? When did that happen?
Not in support of the Castro government in the least and I'm not trying to blame the embargo for all their problems but the embargo has not solved anything nor made anything better. I'm a through and through Libertarian and would love to see the people of Cuba free but us not trading with Cuba has not helped. It has simply made it more difficult for the people.

As for the ending of the authoritarian regimes, I meant to include the qualifier that the South American regimes have all ended and did not need the aid of a US embargo. Obviously Iran, N Korea, Bhutan, etc are still around...
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